Jaffa

:For the fictional Stargate race, see Jaffa (Stargate).

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Jaffa (Hebrew יָפוֹ, Standard Hebrew Yafo, Tiberian Hebrew Yāp̄?; Arabic يَافَا ; also Japho, Joppa; also, ~1350 B.C.E.Amarna Letters, Yapu), is an ancient city located in Israel. It is now part of the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo in the Tel Aviv District, where the tell ("mound") of ancient Jaffa in “Old Jaffa,” is now part of a park in south-western Tel Aviv. Jaffa is a port city on the Mediterranean Sea and the historic gateway into Israel. It is mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible, once as the port-of-entry for the cedars of Lebanon for Solomon's Temple (2 Chronicles2) and according to the Book of Jonah 1:3 it was where the prophet Jonah embarked for Tarshish. It was an important city in the Arab Middle East, before Israel was established. During the Crusades it was the County of Jaffa, a stronghold of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Jaffa (Stargate): The Jaffa are a fictional alien race, in the television series Stargate SG-1. They are actually biologically human and descended from people from Earth who were kidnapped by the Goa'uld using the Stargate during antiquity, to serve as slaves and hosts....

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Jaffa related Images and Photos (experimental)

A Street Scene in Jaffa 1890

Two Priests Walk in Snow in Front of the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem's Old City December 27 2006

Bonaparte Visits the Plague-Ridden of Jaffa Painted 1804