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ANCIENT NAMES

  • ʿAkko Biblical Hebrew
  • Πτολεμαΐς Ptolemaïs Greek
  • Akkû Akkadian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Sidon Sidon Rehob Rehob Aphik Aphik Ahlab Ahlab +1 Achzib Achzib Acco Acco 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 7 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH ACHZIB 2 · AHLAB · APHIK · HELBAH AND 2 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

Ruins at Tel Akko.

Ruins at Tel Akko.

PHOTO: Michael Homan CC BY 2.0 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Achzib 2 ABOUT 9 MI (14 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · A DAY ON FOOT
  • Sidon ABOUT 47 MI (76 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 4 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 80 MI (130 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 6 DAYS ON FOOT

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

1 PASSAGE

COORDINATES 32.9211, 35.0883

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