From UCLA
It shows the places where the Bible locates the Hebrews' original tabernacle, where the Romans crushed the Jewish rebellion, where the earliest copies of the Bible, the Dead Sea Scrolls, were discovered. It's all online, freely available, award-winning and is the result of years of research to provide the first detailed record of Israel's sometimes contested archaeological activity in the West Bank and Jerusalem. The web map, which shows some 7,000 archaeological sites, is the product of labors by experts from Israel and the Palestinian territories, as well as Trojans and Bruins. Besides providing key information for any prospective peace agreements between the Israelis and Palestinians governing key relic, historic and religious sites, the new map also will be a boon to: researchers ,who, using the latest technologies, may wish to run database analyses or overlay it with other maps or data; and practical folk, who may wish to use it for road-building or other construction guidance, not to mention in planning visits and tourism in the area.
Online information, a first, produced by experts from Israel, Palestinian territories, UCLA, USC
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