William one eye wrote:Jerusalem.
Edit adding, country cause thats what you asked for
But this is complicated
Current Isreal
Prior Palestine
Prior Italy
Prior Egypt
If my history serves me correct
Good guess and I understand your reasoning. But alas, it is not Israel.
Here is another hint to help out (the picture gets clearer with every new hint):
- there are lots of important archaeological projects
- Christianity has very important pilgrimage sites there
- one of its cities was the boomtown BC (before Christ) for hundreds of years and was founded by the army of a large nation
- the country has a nature reserve that is amazing: not only does it have rare wildlife but wood filled highlands, rocky hills, gravel plains and beautiful sand dunes