Colossae
An important city for more than a thousand years—from 500 BC to AD 600. It was located in the southwestern…
Places
Corinth
The capital of Achaia (now southern Greece) and an important seaport in New Testament times. It was known for its…
Cyprus
An island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. It is 148 miles long and about 40 miles across. Paul and Barnabas…
Damascus
The capital of modern Syria. On our maps it is sometimes called Dimashq. It is at least four thousand years…
Dead Sea
A lake located in southern Israel toward the end of the Jordan Valley. The Dead Sea has four times as…
Ebenezer
A word that means “stone of help.” The Israelites camped at this location during a battle with the Philistines. After…
Egypt
In the Old Testament, Egypt covered about the same territory as it does today. It is about the size of…
Emmaus
A village about seven miles from Jerusalem. Two of Jesus’s disciples walked to Emmaus with Christ after His resurrection. They…
Ephesus
The capital city of the Roman province called Asia (now a part of Turkey). It was an important, old, beautiful…
Ethiopia/Cush
A country whose history stretches back to before Moses’s time. It was south of Egypt along the Red Sea. In…