Sites - Jerusalem
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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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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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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Acropolis (Greek: Ακρόπολη) means "highest city" in Greek,
literally city on the extremity and is usually translated
into English as Citadel (akros, akron,[1] edge, extremity +
polis, city, pl. acropoleis). For purposes of defense, early
people naturally chose elevated ground to build a new
settlement, frequently a hill with precipitous sides....
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The Monastery of the Cross (Georgian: ჯვრის მონასტერი, Hebrew:
מנזר המצלבה Minzar HaMatzlevah) is a monastery near the Nayot
neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. It is located in the Valley
of the Cross, below the Israel Museum and the Knesset.
History
The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign
of King Bagrat IV by the Georg...
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Bethany, in the Bible, was the name of a village near
Jerusalem - see Bethany (Biblical village) - mentioned in the
New Testament as the home of the siblings Mary, Martha, and
Lazarus and, according to the Gospel of John, the site of a
miracle in which Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. This
village is commonly identified with the present-day...
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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 location of Herod's tomb is documented by Roman
historian Flavius Josephus, who writes, "And the body was
carried two hundred furlongs, to Herodium, where he had
given order to be buried."[36]
Flavius Josephus provides more clues about Herod's tomb
which he calls Herod's monuments:
So they threw down all the hedges and walls which the
inha...
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The Church of All Nations, also known as the Church or Basilica of the Agony, is a Roman
Catholic church located on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, next to the Garden of Gethsemane.
It enshrines a section of bedrock where Jesus is said to have prayed before his arrest. (Mark
14:32-42 )
History --
The current church rests on the foundations o...
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The Garden Tomb (also known as Gordon's Calvary),[1] located
in Jerusalem, outside the city walls and close to the
Damascus Gate, is a rock-cut tomb considered by some to be
the site of the burial and resurrection of Jesus, and to be
adjacent to Golgotha[2], in contradistinction to the
traditional site for these-the Church of the Holy Sepulchr...
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