- The Via Maris, meaning ‘Way of the Sea’, ran round the coast from Egypt to Syria, across Judaea using the Megiddo Pass.
- It formed part of the coastal Roman Road around the eastern Mediterranean.
Route
- Damascus (Syria)
- Connection with the King's Highway and on to the Euphrates and southern Turkey.
- Golan Heights (Syria)
- Jacob’s Ford (crossing the river Jordan) (Syria)
- Hazor (Syria)
- Capernaum (Judaea)
- Migdal (Judaea)
- Tiberius (Judaea)
- Megiddo Pass (Judaea)
- Dor (Judaea) From here it runs along the Coast.
- Caesarea Maritima (Judaea
- Joppa (Jaffa) (Judaea)
- Ashdod (Judaea)
- Ashkelon (Judaea)
- Gaza (Judaea)
- Rafah (Egypt)
- el-Arish (Egypt)
- Pelusium (on the Pelusiac arm of the Nile, Egypt)
- Al-Qantara (on the Tanitic arm of the Nile, Egypt)
Meggido Pass