This Ptolemais is a maritime city of Galilee, built in the great plain. Josephus, The Wars of the Jews 2.188 Our journey south along the coast began. Three ancient ports on the Mediterranean awaited us. The first was Akko (also spelled Acco or Acre; called Ptolemais in Roman times), the only one of the three still used as a harbor today. Situated on a small peninsula, it makes for an adequate natural harbor. Boats can be seen docked, some for fishing, others for tourists. Akko is not well known to biblical readers but it is mentioned a couple times (Judges […]