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The birth of Jesus is one of the most famous Biblical stories. He was born in Bethlehem, a city five miles south of Jerusalem.

Alexandria was the capital of Egypt around 330 BC. It was famous for its ancient library and ornate lighthouse.

As a baby, Moses was found by the Pharaoh's daughter floating down the Nile in a basket. His mother did this to try to help him escape death at the Pharaoh's orders.

While the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are largely considered to be mythic, Babylon itself was a real place. This Mesopotamian city is estimated to have been the largest city in the Ancient World at different points in history.

Right after creation, God planted the Garden of Eden. This is where Adam and Eve lived before they were exiled.

Solomon built a temple to the Lord on Mount Moriah. This was located in Jerusalem.

In Genesis, Pharaoh dreams that seven cows come out of the Nile. No one can interpret his dream, until he asks Joseph.

Damascus is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth. Today it is the capital of Syria.

Israel of the Old Testament and modern-day Israel share a Mediterranean shore in common. They both touch the easternmost part of the sea.

The land of Cush in the bible is thought to roughly correspond with modern day Ethiopia. It is thought to be the home of the Queen of Sheba, who famously visited King Solomon.

This is one of the most famous biblical stories. Abraham was about to sacrifice his son Isaac on a mountaintop in Moriah, which is believed to be in Jerusalem by Christian and Jewish sources and near Mecca by Muslim sources.

The Euphrates is one of the most important rivers in world history. With the Nile and Tigris rivers it helped to form the fertile crescent, where numerous ancient civilizations innovated and thrived.

The Garden of Eden is considered mythological by most modern scholars. There have been some suggestions of its location throughout the Middle East, but these cannot be proved.

This occurred for the first time in the Greek city of Antioch. It was founded by one of Alexander the Great's generals and later became the capital of the Roman province, Syria.

Abraham traveled from Ur to Canaan. He made this journey by going through Haran.

In Genesis, Havilah is said to be a land of gold. One of the four rivers which flows from the Garden of Eden skirts it.

Four rivers flowed out of the Garden of Eden. According to Genesis, they are the Pison, Gihon, Hiddekel, and Euphrates.

Today, Beersheba is the largest Israeli city in the Negev Desert of Southern Israel. Biblical patriarchs Abraham and Jacob were there in ancient days.

Akkad was the capital of the Akkadian Empire, though no one is quite sure where it was. This empire politically dominated Mesopotamia for over a century,

Canaan was biblically the promised land where the Israelites settled initially, led by Moses. In modern times, this land took up parts of Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Syria.

The Aegean Sea is part of the Mediterranean. It contains many Islands, including Patmos, and sits between Greece and Turkey.

Ur was located in lower Mesopotamia. This would have been modern-day Iraq.

In Acts, Paul travels to Macedonia, Greece, and Italy. These are part of the European continent.

Jesus raised Lazarus in Bethany. It was a village outside of Jerusalem.

In Luke, Jesus ascends to heaven while his disciples watch. This took place in the village of Bethany.

Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai. Scholars think this was located either in Egypt or Saudi Arabia.

In the Gospel of John, Jesus attends a wedding in the city of Cana in Galilee. There he turns water into wine.

These biblical cities were destroyed for turning away from God. Their ruins have been excavated near the shores of the Dead Sea.

Noah's ark came to rest in the Ararat mountain range after God's flood ended. Today, Mount Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey.

In 1 Kings, Elijah defeats 450 prophets of Baal. This occurs on Mount Carmel.

Mesopotamia was a historic region in the Middle East within the Tigris-Euphrates river system. It roughly contained Iraq, Kuwait, parts of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Iran.

In biblical times, Jericho was a part of Israel. It was here that Jesus healed the blind man, Bartimaeus.

In Acts, Paul talks about his life before becoming Christian. He was from the city of Tarsus, which is in present-day south-central Turkey.

Moab was located in present-day Jordan. It was on the eastern side of the Dead Sea.

While most scholars think that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon are a myth, Babylon was a real place. It was located in modern-day Iraq.