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Ancient Lands and Their Current Names

 

Have you ever read some of the places in the Bible and wondered where they were located, today?

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.

I've compiled a list of ancient biblical countries or peoples and their current names or regions. Below that list there is a list of ancient cities and where they are located.

Please refer to this list as you study God's Word. Feel free to print it and use it as needed. Inevitably, you will find ancient lands in the Bible and want to know where they are today.

 

The Ancient Country or People The Current Name or Region
Abimael, Obal, Sheleph and Uzal Yemen
Ammon, Moab and Edom Jordan
Amor(ites) Eastern Israel
Arabia Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and some of Iraq and Jordan
Aram Syria
Arkites Lebanon
Ashkenaz Germany
Asshur(ites) Northern Iraq
Assyria Iraq
Canaan(ites) Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon
Caphtor(ites) Crete
Cush Ethiopia and some of Sudan, Somalia and Yemen (and possibly more of Africa)
Decapolis Northwestern Jordan and a small part of Israel
Dedan, Ophir, Jobab and Sheba Saudi Arabia
Girgashites Western Jordan
Gomer Ukraine (some say Germany)
Javan Greece
Magog, Rus and Rosh Russia
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
Riphath Europe
Scythia Southern Russia
Sinites Chinese
Togarmah Parts of Turkey, Turkomen, Turkestan and Armenia
Tarshish Carthage (or possibly Great Britain)
Tiras Italy
Tubal Turkey (or possibly Tobolosk)


The Ancient City The Current Location
Alexandria Southeastern Turkey (Coastal)
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
Elishah Sicily
Haran and Padan-aram Eastern Syria
Jebus Jerusalem
Iconium and Lystra Central Turkey
Kittim Cyprus
Meshech Moscow
Shechem Nablus
Shinar Iraq - Ancient Babel and present day "Babylon"
Sidon and Tyre Western Lebanon (Coastal)
Smyrna Izmir
Tarsus Eastern Turkey
Ur Southeastern Iraq

Sources: Rand McNally's World Atlas, "The Magog Invasion" by Chuck Missler, "Creation and the Second Coming" by Henry M. Morris, "The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "Christian Classics Ethereal Library", "The New Open Bible" by Nelson Publishing, The Strong's Concordance and "The Atlas of Bible Lands" by Harry Thomas Frank.

 

 

 

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