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Previous Trips PREVIOUS TRIPS TREASURES OF THE AEGEAN MAY 15-26, 2012 This is one of our most popular tours. We travel along the shores of the beautiful Aegean Sea in Turkey and Greece. We begin in fascinating Istanbul, then cross the sea to ancient Troy, Alexandria Troas, Assos, Pergamum, Ephesus, and Miletus in western Turkey. We sail to the islands of Patmos and Crete and Santorini and then share the wonders of ancient Athens and Corinth in Greece. Jacob Shock and Evan Bassett at the Temple of Domitian in Ephesus Our Group on the island of Crete – With a few of us wandering off Visiting the ancient 24,000 seat Theater at Ephesus Crossing the Aegean Sea PREVIOUS TRIPS TREASURES OF THE AEGEAN MAY 15-26, 2012 This is one of our most popular tours. We travel along the shores of the beautiful Aegean Sea in Turkey and Greece. We begin in fascinating Istanbul, then cross the sea to ancient Troy, Alexandria Troas, Assos, Pergamum, Ephesus, and Miletus in western Turkey. We sail to the islands of Patmos and Crete and Santorini and then share the wonders of ancient Athens and Corinth in Greece. Don and grandson Evan at Assos Mars Hill in Athens Well known archaeologist, Cingiz Icten, is pictured with Jacob Shock (left), guide Yeldiz Ergor, and Nancy and Don Bassett at the recently excavated Slope Houses in Ephesus Nancy and her brother Jack Woolf in Istanbul PREVIOUS TRIPS IN THE STEPS OF MOSES AND JOSHUA EGYPT, SINAI, JORDAN, ISRAEL MAY 5-20, 2010 This great tour began with visits to the Giza Pyramids, the Cairo Museum, and the amazing new Library of Alexandria. Then, in the steps of Moses, Joshua, and the children of Israel, we crossed the Sinai peninsula, climbing Mt. Sinai. Moving into the modern country of Jordan, we stood on the heights of Moab and beheld the Promised Land as Moses did. We crossed the Jordan River in sight of ancient Jericho as Joshua did and entered the land of Canaan, modern Israel, in his steps. The Dome of the Rock on the platform of the ancient Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem Visiting the famous Western Wall of the ancient Temple of Jerusalem Remembering Joshua, chapter 6, on the ruins of ancient Jericho PREVIOUS TRIPS IN THE STEPS OF MOSES AND JOSHUA EGYPT, SINAI, JORDAN, ISRAEL MAY 5-20, 2010 This great tour began with visits to the Giza Pyramids, the Cairo Museum, and the amazing new Library of Alexandria. Then, in the steps of Moses, Joshua, and the children of Israel, we crossed the Sinai peninsula, climbing Mt. Sinai. Moving into the modern country of Jordan, we stood on the heights of Moab and beheld the Promised Land as Moses did. We crossed the Jordan River in sight of ancient Jericho as Joshua did and entered the land of Canaan, modern Israel, in his steps. Instruction from experts in Jerusalem A Middle-Eastern “Ship of the Desert” A visit to the tomb out of which Jesus called his good friend Lazarus PREVIOUS TRIPS TREASURES OF THE AEGEAN MAY 6-19, 2008 Twenty-three of us took this “Treasures of the Aegean” tour around the shores of the Aegean Sea and several of its islands. The Aegean is a beautiful embayment of the Mediterranean Sea that lies between modern Turkey and Greece. Along its shores lie magnificent treasures, the sites and remains of some of the most important cities mentioned in the New Testament. The islands that make up its southern extremity are familiar to every New Testament reader. Our travelers climbed the hills, followed the trails, and rode the rolling waves to Athens, Corinth, Pergamum, Ephesus, Alexandria Troas, Miletus, Patmos, Crete, and Rhodes – not to mention Istanbul (ancient Constantinople), Troy (site of the Trojan War), and the beautiful island of Santorini. Alexanderia Troas Acts 20:6-7 Bazaar in Istanbul PREVIOUS TRIPS MEDITERRANEAN & GREEK ISLES CRUISE OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 10, 2006 On this cruise we toured beautiful Venice in Italy, Dubrovnik in Croatia, Olympia in Greece, and many cities and islands mentioned in the New Testament in Greece and Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. On the Island of Rhodes St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice Dino Rousas speaks to us at the Bema (the judgment seat) in Corinth where the Apostle Paul was arraigned before the Roman Governor Gallio Acts 18:12-17 Beau Christie relaxing during the tour PREVIOUS TRIPS MEDITERRANEAN & GREEK ISLES CRUISE OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 10, 2006 On this cruise we toured beautiful Venice in Italy, Dubrovnik in Croatia, Olympia in Greece, and many cities and islands mentioned in the New Testament in Greece and Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea. In the ancient theatre at Ephesus The great Colosseum in Rome Mary Cavaliere and Kitty Murrah and a modern/ancient Roman Legionary Soldier PREVIOUS TRIPS TOUR WITH ASSOCIATES FOR BIBLICAL RESEARCH EXCAVATING IN HAZOR, ISRAEL WITH AMNON BEN TOR JUNE 23-JULY 11, 2004 Don and Professor Ben Tor and Gordon Franz PREVIOUS TRIPS CITIES OF JOHN AND PAUL ALL THE “SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA” OCTOBER 10-25, 2002 It is a tremendous experience to visit the sites of all the seven churches of Asia mentioned in Revelation, chapters 2-3. On this trip we included visits to Athens and Corinth and Thessalonica and Berea and Philippi in Greece – and a visit to the tomb of Philip, the father of Alexander the Great, in Vergina in the region of ancient Macedonia. Jackie and Linda Smith and Don listen to our excellent Turkish guide, Husnu Ovacik, as we visit the Red Basilica in Pergamum CITIES OF JOHN AND PAUL ALL THE “SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA” ALSO – ATHENS AND CORINTH JUNE 2-14, 2000 Drs. Jeff and Martha Jenkins Beautiful Turkish rugs – enjoying a noon break hard to resist Don, Nancy and Eric and Laura Sherman in Istanbul PREVIOUS TRIPS CITIES OF JOHN AND PAUL All The “Seven ChurCheS of ASiA” • AlSo – AThenS And CorinTh OCTOBER 9-21, 1998 Drake Bassett views one of the theaters of ancient Laodicea Jeff Young gives us a perspective on the remains of Emperor Domitian’s statue in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum TOUR OF EGYPT WITH BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY NOVEMBER 1-17, 1996 Nancy and Don and the Sphinx.
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