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Alexandria Troas

(Encyclopedia)Alexandria Troas trōˈăs [key], ancient Greek seaport city, Mysia, NW Asia Minor, called Troas in the Bible. It was important under the Greeks and Romans. ...

Gath-hepher

(Encyclopedia)Gath-hepher găth-hēˈfər [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, near Nazareth. It was the home of Jonah. An alternate form is Gittah-hepher. ...

Jerash

(Encyclopedia)Jerash jĕrˈăsh [key], ancient city: see Gerasa. ...

Notre Dame Mountains

(Encyclopedia)Notre Dame Mountains, section of the Appalachian system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) from the Green Mts. of Vermont into the Gaspé Peninsula, Canada. Worn low by erosion, the ancient mountains have a...

Neballat

(Encyclopedia)Neballat nēbălˈăt [key], in the Bible, Benjamite town, W central ancient Palestine, NE of present-day Lod, Israel. It was reoccupied after the return from captivity. ...

Panormus

(Encyclopedia)Panormus pənôrˈməs [key], ancient name of Palermo, Italy. ...

Rameses

(Encyclopedia)Rameses or Ramesses. 1 For ancient Egyptian kings thus named, use Ramses. 2 For Ramses in the Bible, see Raamses. ...

Hazerim

(Encyclopedia)Hazerim həzēˈrĭm, hăzˈə– [key], Hebrew word meaning villages. It is erroneously given in ancient translations as the name of a place. It occurs in the Book of Deuteronomy. ...

Ancus Martius

(Encyclopedia)Ancus Martius ăngˈkəs märˈshəs [key], fourth king of ancient Rome (640?–616? b.c.). This semilegendary king is supposed to have enlarged the area of Rome. ...

Geba

(Encyclopedia)Geba gēˈbə [key], in the Bible, town, ancient Palestine, c.5 mi (8 km) NW of Jerusalem, the modern Jaba, the West Bank. There Jonathan slaughtered the Philistines. ...