Sites - Jerusalem
The Walls of Jerusalem (Hebrew: חומות ירושלים) surround the
area of the old city of Jerusalem (approx. 1 km²). The walls
were built between the years 1535–1538, during the reign of
the Ottoman empire in the region of Palestine, by the
Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
The length of the wall is 4,018 km (2,496.6 mi), their
average heigh...
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Hezekiah's Tunnel, or the Siloam Tunnel is a tunnel that was
dug underneath the City of David in Jerusalem before 701 BC
during the reign of Hezekiah. The tunnel is mentioned in 2
Kings 20:20 in the Bible. The Bible also tells us that king
Hezekiah prepared Jerusalem to an impending siege by the
Assyrians, by "blocking the source of the waters...
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Pool of Siloam (Hebrew: בריכת השילוח) (Breikhat Hashiloah)
is a rock-cut pool on the southern slope of the City of
David, the original site of Jerusalem, located outside the
walls of the Old City to the southeast. The pool was fed by
the waters of the Gihon Spring, carried there by two
aqueducts.
History
The Pool of Siloam is mentioned seve...
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The Tomb of the Prophets Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi
(Arabic: Qubur el Anbia) is located on the upper slope of
the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Israel. According to
Jewish and Christian tradition, the catacomb is believed to
be the burial place of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi, the
last three Hebrew Bible prophets who are believed to have
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Tomb of Absalom (Hebrew: יד אבשלום, Transl. Yad Avshalom;
literally Absalom's Shrine), also called Absalom's Pillar,
is an ancient monumental rock-cut tomb with a conical roof
located in the Kidron Valley in Jerusalem, Israel. Although
traditionally ascribed to Absalom, the rebellious son of
King David of Israel (circa 1000 B.C.E.), recent sc...
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The Tomb of Zechariah is an ancient stone monument adjacent
to the Bnei Hazir tomb.
Architectural description --
The monument is a monolith -- it is completely carved out of
the solid rock and does not contain a burial chamber. The
lowest part of the monument is a crepidoma, a base made of
three steps. Above it there is a stylobate, upon whic...
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The Gihon Spring was the main source of water for the City
of David, the original site of Jerusalem. One of the world's
major intermittent springs - and a reliable water source
that made human settlement possible in ancient Jerusalem -
the spring was not only used for drinking water, but also
initially for irrigation of gardens in the adjacent...
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The Church of the Pater Noster is a partially reconstructed Roman Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives,
north of the Tombs of the Prophets, in Jerusalem. It stands on the traditional site of Christ's teaching of the
Lord's Prayer. (Luke 11:2-4 )
History --
The modern church is built on the site of a 4th century basilica designed by Co...
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Gehenna (Greek γέεννα), Gehinnom (Rabbinical Hebrew: גהנום, גהנם,) and Yiddish Gehinnam, are terms derived
from a place outside ancient Jerusalem known in the Hebrew Bible as the Valley of the Son of Hinnom (Hebrew
גֵי בֶן־הִנֹּם); one of the two principal valleys surrounding the Old City.
In the Hebrew Bible, the site was initially where apostat...
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Warren's Shaft is an archaeological feature in Jerusalem
discovered in 1867 by British engineer Sir Charles Warren
(1840-1927). It runs from within the old city to a spot near
the Gihon Spring, and after its 19th century discovery was
thought to have been the centrepiece of the city's early
water supply system, since it would have enabled the ...
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