Check out this very nice sequence taken from the Space Station in which you the night time middle east, from SW (more or less Egypt) to the NW (Iraq and beyond) as seen from space – very nice!
(note – it requires Quicktime to run)
Aren
The Tell es-Safi/Gath Excavations Official (and Unofficial) Weblog
Serious (and not-so-serious) musings about the project
Note: Current version of Windows Media Player can run it just fine (it’s more liberal than the older, conservative versions).
Live and learn…