12,000 archaeological sites across Israel and the West Bank, mapped and classified across every period: Canaanite, Israelite, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Mamluk, Ottoman. Your phone tells you when you are standing on one.
"The Old City of Jerusalem is built on top of three cities. You are walking on one of them right now."
Israel does not have one history. It has eight, stacked. The Iron Age potsherd you stepped over on the path to Tel Megiddo is older than the Roman aqueduct it rests beside, which is older than the Crusader courtyard above it, which is older than the Ottoman caravansary beside the parking lot. Travelers see the parking lot and the famous ruins. They miss the seven other layers in between.
Atika: Israel Guides catalogues all of them. Twelve thousand documented sites, source-checked against the Israel Antiquities Authority registry, classified by period, with proximity alerts so you do not drive past Beit She'an's Roman theater or Tel Be'er Sheva's Iron Age gate without knowing what you missed. The app is not a religious narrative. It is not a political claim. It is the archaeological record, made walkable.
From the Galilee in the north to the Eilat coast in the south. Each archaeological region has its own dominant period and its own surprises.
Six representative entries from the catalogue. Every entry in the app shows period, type, coordinates, distance from the nearest town, access notes, and confidence score.
Herodian palace turned Jewish-rebel stronghold. Site of the 73 CE siege that ended the First Jewish Revolt. The Roman siege ramp on the western face is still visible from the visitor center. UNESCO inscribed since 2001.
Herod the Great's port city built into the Mediterranean. Aqueduct, theater, Roman racetrack, Crusader-era ramparts. Active excavation continues. The harbor mole alone is worth the trip.
Hospitaller hilltop fortress overlooking the Jordan Valley. Built to control the eastern approach to the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Walls 25 metres high. Tourists rarely make it here.
One of the most extensive Roman-Byzantine ruins in the country. Reconstructed cardo, two theaters, Byzantine bathhouse complex. Earthquake-collapsed in 749, frozen since.
Crusader citadel beneath an Ottoman city beneath an active Arab town. UNESCO World Heritage. The Hospitaller Hall and the underground Knights' tunnels remain open to the public.
Iron Age administrative town from the period of the Israelite monarchy. Reconstructed four-horned altar, urban plan still legible from above. UNESCO inscribed.
Galilean fishing village where Jesus is documented to have taught. Black basalt synagogue from the 4th century, on the foundations of the 1st-century one. Tabgha's mosaic floor is one of the earliest Christian art surviving in Israel.
Drive south on Highway 90. Stop at Belvoir Castle on the way (Crusader fortress, panoramic view of the Jordan Valley). Beit She'an's Roman city is your afternoon: cardo, theater, bath complex.
Continue south. Qumran for the Dead Sea Scrolls site, Ein Gedi for the Iron Age oasis settlement, Masada by cable car for the Roman siege ramp. End at the Dead Sea, float as the sun goes down. Atika pings you when you pass each one.
Three cities stacked. Start at the Western Wall tunnels (Herodian masonry), walk through the Cardo (Byzantine), exit through the Damascus Gate (Ottoman). The City of David excavations on Mount Zion are still active. Bring water.
Yes. Atika: Israel Guides is on the iOS App Store as of May 2026. Search "Atika Israel" or use the Download button at the top of this page.
Browsing all 12,000 sites on the map is free. Pass (€7.99 one-time) unlocks filters, full descriptions, reviews, saved lists, and the dedicated layers for biblical and Ottoman-era sites. Pro (€19.99/year founding-week, €34.99/year standard) adds proximity alerts, driving mode, and audio narration.
The Israel Antiquities Authority registry, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, academic publications, and biblical-archaeology databases. Every site has a confidence score (0.0 to 1.0) and shows its sources. Multi-period coverage from the Bronze Age through the Ottoman era.
The dataset includes archaeological sites by geographic location, not political boundary. Sites in Area C of the West Bank with archaeological significance are included with appropriate context labels. We do not take political positions in the app. We surface the archaeological record and label disputed status transparently when it is relevant.
It includes biblical sites, but not exclusively. Canaanite, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic, Crusader, and Ottoman archaeology gets equal treatment. If you are a Christian pilgrim looking for Gospel sites, you will find them. If you are a secular traveler interested in Bronze Age trade routes, you will find that too. We do not flatten Israel to one narrative.
The Hebrew App Store listing is live. The Hebrew app interface ships in version 1.1, around four weeks after launch. Right-to-left layout, native Hebrew typography. Until then, the current build is in English.
Yes. The full database is bundled on the device. The app works in the Negev backcountry, the Judean wilderness, deep Galilee, anywhere with poor cell coverage.
One developer, solo, no venture capital. Thirteen months of data work before the first build shipped. Israel was the first country approved for the App Store; Greece is in review now, Italy follows.
Twelve thousand archaeological sites in your pocket. Proximity alerts so you do not drive past them. Offline so it works when you actually need it.