The 'Jesus Trail' in Israel follows Jesus' travels

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Two entrepreneurs marked the Jesus Trail, a path that follows his travels around Israel, in hopes of attracting Christian pilgrims.

David Landis (left) and Maoz Inon climb the cliffs at Arbel along the "Jesus Trail" in northern Israel. The two entrepreneurs marked the trail following Jesus' travels with the hope of attracting Christian pilgrims to Israel.

David Landis, a 20-something graduate of a Christian university, reads the Bible at Capernaum, a holy site along the Jesus Trail in Galilee.

A dog stands among the ruins of an ancient synagogue.

David Hughes, a pastor from Rutledge, Ga., breaks from his tour group at Kana, the village where Jesus is said to performed his first miracle.

Austrian hikers climb toward a church on the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus is said to have performed the Sermon on the Mount.

Landis walks along the trail at the Horns of Hattin, twin hills where it is believed the Muslim leader Saladin led his armies to conquer the Crusaders in 1187.

This is the view from the Horns of Hattin.

Salah Hajali is a leader of the Nebi Shweib holy site for Druse (an offshoot of Islam) Arabs, which is also located along the Jesus Trail.

A man cleans the courtyard around the Church of Annunciation in Nazareth, where Mary, Jesus' mother, received the news that she would give birth to God's son.

The Fauzi Azar Inn is located at the start of the Jesus Trail in Nazareth.

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David Landis (left) and Maoz Inon climb the cliffs at Arbel along the "Jesus Trail" in northern Israel. The two entrepreneurs marked the trail following Jesus' travels with the hope of attracting Christian pilgrims to Israel.

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