Biblical Sites Study Tour Countdown Begins!
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NT expert Dr Jim Harrison will be lecturing specifically on the New Testament, while Dr Grenville Kent will be focussing on his area of expertise, the Old Testament era. Students will see key Biblical sites like Jericho, the Mount of Olives and the City of David, as well as get an insight into the Egypt of Moses' time.
Theology and creative arts students are excited about this great opportunity to learn on-the-spot in the Middle East.
This year the trip is all booked up, but stay tuned…we’re hoping it turns into a regular occurrence!
Itinerary Highlights
Egypt – 9 days
Wednesday November 25 – Tour Day 2
Pharaonic Village
Replica of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Cairo Museum
Thursday November 26 – Tour Day 3
The Sphinx
Three great pyramids of Giza
Ancient re-assembled funerary boat of Khufu in the museum beside the Great Pyramid
Friday November 27 – Tour Day 4
Temple of Luxor
Temple of Karnak
Sunday November 29 – Tour Day 6
Colossi of Memnon and the Temple of Medinet Habu
Visit an alabaster factory and the Temple of Hatshepsut
Tomb of Tutankhamun
Monday November 30 – Tour Day 7
Temple of Edfu with its huge statue of Horus
Crocodile temple of Kom Ombo
Temple of Philae, the granite quarries, and the unfinished obelisk of Hatshepsut
Wednesday December 2 – Tour Day 9
Follow in the
footsteps of the Exodus to the Red Sea. Cross under the Suez Canal and
into the Sinai Desert. Climb to the summit of Jebel Musa (Mt Sinai)
Israel – 11 days
Friday December 4 – Tour Day 11
Climb the Mount of Olives for a superb view of the Temple Arena and the Dome of the Rock
Garden of Gethsemane
Jerusalem
- Hezekiah’s Tunnel, the old city, the Damascus Gate, the Church of
the Holy Sepulchre, Via Dolorosa, Pool of Bethesda, Western Wall
Sunday December 6 – Tour Day 13
The Herodion and current excavation of the theatre
Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
The Garden Tomb, Gordon’s Calvary and the Shrine of the Book where the Dead Sea Scrolls are on display
Monday December 7 – Tour Day 14
Herod’s excavated hippodrome and palace
Wedding village of Cana
Nazareth - Church of the Annunciation, bazaar
Jordan River
Tuesday December 8 – Tour Day 15
Sail across the Sea of Galilee
Dan and Caesarea Philippi
Synagogue at Capernaum
See a boat from Jesus’ day excavated from the bottom of the lake near Ginnosar
Wednesday December 9 – Tour Day 16
Experience life on a Kibbutz for a night
Thursday December 10 – Tour Day 17
Work as an archaeologist at Mareshah, a 2000 year old city
Friday December 11 – Tour Day 18
Ruins of Masada, one of Herod’s great fortresses
Swim in the Dead Sea
Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found
Jericho
Jordan – 2 days
Monday December 14 – Tour Day 21
Walk, or ride a horse to the Siq
Petra
Tuesday December 15 – Tour Day 22
To Jerash, one of the great cities of the Decapolis
Hadrian’s Arch and the Hippodrome, the North and South theatres and the great temple of Artemis
