Mount Carmel is not a single mountain peak, but a long range that extends about thirteen miles eastward from the Mediterranean Sea, just south of the modern city of Haifa. Here Elijah confronted 850 pagan prophets with a test of fire (1 Kings 18). Carved reliefs at the Carmelite Monastery on Mount Carmel, site of Elijah's Altar, traditional site where Elijah defeated the pagan prophets, showing the story of Elijah and the pagan prophets.