Several Thousand Words' Worth

Jerusalem Railway Bridge

Model of Second Temple Jerusalem @ Israel Museum.
(Height of the temple walls ~ 2 feet)

"What is this? A center for ants?"

Monastery of the Cross

On the Street Where I Live

Two soldiers walk toward Mount Zion (Church of the Dormition visible at top) 

Dusk over the Valley of Hinnom (for its dark history, click here)

Yemin Moshe and the Montefiore Windmill

Inside the Old City

Church of the Holy Sepulchre (including the Immovable Ladder).  This church
sits atop Golgatha, the traditional site of Jesus' crucifixion.  It is also said to be the place of Jesus' burial. 

The pictures to the right and below are of The Stone of Anointing.  Crusaders thought this stone was where Jesus' body was laid while prepared for burial.




The stone was surrounded by people kissing it, rubbing it with cloth, and pouring personal objects on it (icons, rosaries, wallets, etc.) in order to receive blessings.

In a chapel several stories  below street level you can see stone scratchings made by the first Crusaders. 

Outside the Old City, Zion Gate

As I walked the parapets of the Old City last night, I turned a corner and there it was: the Dome of the Rock.
It looked dusty.  I wanted to dust it.

Men praying at the Western Wall

The Western Wall divided: women on the right, men on the left. 

The portion of the western wall extending beneath street level.
Many people believe this portion of the wall is nearest the original site of the Holy of Holies

Tunnels under the Western Wall

Looking down to the bedrock of ancient Jerusalem

Jerusalem at Night: Present Day

Jerusalem at Night: Jesus' Day