Walking down the Bible times

From the Old Testament’s Dead Sea to Bethlehem and other places Jesus lived and visited, a tour of Israel practically relives the Bible story, writes FRANCIS GITAU

Israel, the Promised Land of the Bible, is today a modern, thriving, bustling and vibrant country. For centuries, the sites of many of the most stirring events in the history of mankind lay dormant beneath shifting sands and crumbling terraces, until the land was reclaimed by the people of Israel returning from exile.