Escalera de Tiro

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Ladder of Tyre (Aramaic: Sûlama de Ṣôr, Greek: Ἡ κλίμαξ Τύρου, Latin: Scala Tyriorum), also known as the Ladder of the Tyrians and the Promontory of Tyre, is a geographical feature mentioned in Greek and Hebrew sources, distinguished by a littoral mountainous range, the highest point of which is distant 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi) north of Acre in northern Israel. The range stretches beyond Tyre in southern Lebanon. Along its Mediterranean coastline, the Ladder of Tyre skirts an area of about five miles wide at its greatest width, and is distinguished by capes that jut westward into the sea from the ridge which runs parallel to the general line of the coast. These capes project more than a mile into the sea, and rise precipitously at a mean elevation of 250 feet (76 m) above sea level. The Ladder of Tyre is mentioned in the First Book of Maccabees (11:59), the writings of Josephus, the Babylonian Talmud, and the Jerusalem Talmud. According to the Babylonian Talmud, the waters of the region were formerly known for the marine mollusk Murex, harvested for its blue-dye. The 1st-century historian Josephus puts 100 stadia (c. 11½ mi.; 18½ km) from the north of Acre to the highest point in the promontory known as the Ladder of Tyre. This high place is now associated with the Rosh HaNikra grottoes, which marked the southern pass into Phoenicia proper, and formed the boundary between that country and the kingdom of Israel. According to Josephus, a place nearby was also known for its fine, crystalline sand used in glass making. Adolf Neubauer and Henry Baker Tristram thought that the Ladder of Tyre was to be identified with Cape Blanco (Ras el-Abyad, 'White Cape'), about 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) north of Rās en-Nakūrah (the Arabic name of Rosh HaNikra;...