Bible cities:
It only takes a few moments to realize
there are places mentioned in the Bible that we cannot find on a map, today.
Over the years, these places have changed names. You can tell how some of them
have changed because they still look a little or sound a little like their
ancient names. However, some of them don't look or sound anything like the
original names. Please find below a list of ancient biblical countries and their
current names.
It only takes a few moments to realize
there are places mentioned in the Bible that we cannot find on a map, today.
Over the years, these places have changed names. You can tell how some of them
have changed because they still look a little or sound a little like their
ancient names. However, some of them don't look or sound anything like the
original names. Please find below a list of ancient biblical countries and their
current names.
The Ancient
City
|
The Current
Location
|
Alexandria
|
Mediterranean coast
of Egypt
|
Antioch
|
Northwest Syria
(Coastal) - present day "Hatay"
|
Athens, Berea, Corinth,
Philippi and Thessalonica
|
Greece
|
Babylon
|
Iraq
|
Cyrene
|
Northwest Libya
|
Damascus
|
Syria
|
Ephesus, Pergamum and
Smyrna
|
Western Turkey
|
Haran and Padan-aram
|
Eastern Syria
|
Iconium and Lystra
|
Central Turkey
|
Shinar
|
Iraq - Ancient Babel
and present day "Babylon"
|
Sidon and Tyre
|
Western Lebanon
(Coastal)
|
Tarsus
|
Eastern Turkey
|
Ur
|
Southeastern Iraq
|
The Ancient
Country or People
|
The
Current Name or Region
|
Ammon, Moab and Edom
|
Jordan
|
Arabia
|
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain,
Qatar and some of Iraq and Jordan
|
Aram
|
Syria
|
Assyria
|
Iraq
|
Canaan
|
Northern Israel and
Southern Lebanon
|
Cush
|
Ethiopia and some of
Sudan, Somalia and Yemen (and possibly more of Africa)
|
Decapolis
|
Northwestern Jordan and
a small part of Israel
|
Dedan and Sheba
|
Saudi Arabia
|
Gomer
|
Ukraine
|
Magog, Rus and Rosh
|
Russia
|
Meshech and Tubal
|
Turkey
|
Midian
|
Western Saudi Arabia
and Southern Jordan
|
Mizraim
|
Egypt
|
Philistia
|
Palestine
|
Phoenicia
|
Lebanon
|
Persia
|
Iran and some of Iraq
|
Phut/Put
|
Libya and some of Egypt
and North Africa
|
Scythia
|
Southern Russia
|
Togarmah
|
Parts of Turkey,
Turkomen, Turkestan and Armenia
|
Tarshish
|
Carthage (and possibly
even Great Britain)
|