Sunrise view of the Sea of Galilee, from Mount Arbel (west side). Northern Israel.
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Galileao Galilei was born at Pisa,february 15,1564. The great Tuscan astronomer is best known as the first telescopic observer,the fortunate discoverer of the Medicean stars ( so Jupiter's satellites were first named);and what discovery more fitted to immortalize its author than one which revealed new worlds and thus gave additional force to the lesson,that the universe,of witch we form so-small a part,was not created only for our use or pleasure ?
"An old 19th century map, engraved and printed in England in 1845, depicting ancient Palestine ('Antiqua Palestina' as it's written on the map itself) at the times of Jesus Christ, from Damascus in the north down to the land south of the Dead Sea in the south. On the bottom right corner there's an enlargement of the old city of Jerusalem."
Mount Tabor is located in Lower Galilee, at the eastern end of the Jezreel Valley, 17 kilometres west of the Sea of Galilee. Its elevation at the summit is 575 metres above sea level. It is believed by many to be the site of the Transfiguration of Christ and site for the battle between Barak and the army of Jabin, commanded by Sisera. It is also known as Har Tavor, Itabyrium, Jebel et-Tur, and the Mount of Transfiguration