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Israel - Jerusalem
Date(s): June 2005 (C) Nathan Wolfson. Album by nathan wolfson. 1 - 256 of 256 Total.

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A model of the old city of Jerusalem, gazing from the east. The Mount of Olives at the bottom of the frame, then the Kidron Valley below, and then the old City proper. The model is in the Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem.

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A view from the Mount of Olives, with the tombs in the foreground.

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Mount Zion and the Tomb of King David.

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Walking from Mount Zion to the Zion Gate of the old City.

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Mary\'s church.

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The Zion Gate into the old City. Pock-marked with bullet holes from the war in 1967.

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Traffic within the old City (just inside the Zion Gate).

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The Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock.

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The Western Wall in the foreground and the Mount of Olives in the distance, covered with graves.

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The square in front of the Western Wall.

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Entering the Muslim Quarter of the old City.

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Probably not the real Via Dolorosa (as in the place where Jesus walked on his way to his death) but the location where tradition has placed the events.

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The fifth station of the cross.

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The fourth station of the cross.

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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre\'s main entrance, the location of the last five stations of the cross.

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Just inside the entrance is the Stone of Unction where Jesus was washed after crucifixion but before burial. (The stone there now is NOT the original/same stone that was there 2000 years ago.)

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Adam\'s rock (yes, *that* Adam).

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The site of the crucifixion, Calvary. The "actual rock" is visible behind the glass. Stations 10 through 13 of the cross took place in/around this room (which was a hill outside the city walls 2000 years ago).

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The 11th station.

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A full view of Calvary, visible through the glass openings near the floor under the altar.

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The 14th and last station of the cross: The Holy Sepulchre, where Jesus was entombed.

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Jesus\' tomb.

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The navel of the world.

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The security line to visit the Temple Mount (Al-Haram Al Sharif), where the Dome of the Rock etc resides.

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The Al-Aqsa Mosque.

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The Dome of the Rock. Inside is the rock upon which it is said that Abraham nearly sacrificed Issac.

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Dome of the Chain, next to the Dome of the Rock.

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Inside the Dome of the Chain.

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Some Mennonites I met while waiting to get into the Temple Mount area. They had been in Israel for one week. One man told me that the most impressive place they visited was Caiaphas\' dungeon, where Jesus was tortured.

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Another of the Mennonite fellows gave me his business card, with a joke on the back.

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More inside the Dome of the Chain.

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Exiting the Temple Mount area, into the Muslim Quarter.

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In the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, there are many ancient buildings beneath the more modern ones. In some places, there are museums under the buildings.

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The Dung Gate, near the Western Wall.

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The archeological "gardens", at the base on the western and southern walls of the Temple Mount. Official name: The Jerusalem Archeological Park - The Temple Mount Excavations - the Ophel Archeological Gardens.

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A view of the Mount of Olives from the Ophel.

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The western wall of the Temple Mount that is part of the Ophel area, rather than the popular area for prayer. The stones all over the ground are all the remain from the Second Temple, destroyed by the Romans, some years after Jesus\'s famous row with the money-changers at said Temple.

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Shops at the base of the Temple Mount area, some of which no doubt housed the infamous money-changers.

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Remnants of an arch the used to be one of the ways to reach the Temple, 2000 years ago.

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Latrines.

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A well preserved Roman-era floor in the Ophel area.

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The old terraced steps that were the grandest entry to the Temple Mount, 2000 years ago. While many people have their bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah at the main prayer area of the Western Wall, this family chose to have it here.