Modern Names for Bible Lands

Modern Names for Bible Lands


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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. Please find below a list of ancient biblical countries and their current names.
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

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)


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