Sites - Jerusalem
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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Mary's Tomb is a tomb located in the Kidron Valley, on the foothills of Mount of Olives, near the
Church of All Nations and Gethsemane garden, originally just outside Jerusalem. It is regarded as the
burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus by most Eastern Christians (many of whom refer to her as
Theotokos)[1][2], in contradistinction to the Ho...
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Bethphage (meaning "House of Figs") was a place in ancient
Israel, mentioned as the place from which Jesus sent the
disciples to find a donkey and a colt with her upon which he
would ride into Jerusalem.
It is believed to have been located on the Mount of Olives, on
the road from Jerusalem to Jericho (Gospel of Matthew 21:1;
Gospel of Mark 11:...
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The elaborate Sanhedria Tombs lie to the north of the city.[9]
They were so called by later generations because the largest
of them contains 70 chambers with burial benches, and the
Sanhedrin had seventy member.[9] Each of the three tombs would
actually have contained the burials of a single, multi-
generational, wealthy family. They were const...
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Armenian mosaic - In 1894 an ancient mosaic floor was
discovered in a house at 18 Street of the Prophets, 200 meters
east of Damascus Gate. Known as the "bird mosaic", it depicts
peacocks, ducks, storks, pigeons, an eagle, a partridge, and a
parrot in a cage, along with branches and grape clusters, all
symbols of death in early Christian art. ...
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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Hebrew: מוזיאון ישראל,ירושלים, Muze'on Yisrael,
Yerushalim) was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. It is situated on a hill
in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, near the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme
Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek was the driving spirit b...
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The Pool of Bethesda is a pool in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem, on the path of the Beth Zeta Valley. The Gospel of John
describes such a pool in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. It is associated with
healing. Until the 19th century, there was no evidence outside of John’s Gospel for the existence ...
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Dome of the Chain (Arabic: قبة السلسلة, Qubbat al-Silsila) is a free-standing dome located adjacently east of the Dome of the
Rock in the Old City of Jerusalem. One of the oldest structures on the Haram ash-Sharif (Temple Mount), it is not a mosque or
shrine, but is used as a prayer house.[1] It was built by the Ummayads, became a Christian chap...
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The Dome of the Rock (Arabic: مسجد قبة الصخرة, translit.: Masjid Qubbat As-Sakhrah, Hebrew: כיפת הסלע,
translit.: Kipat Hasela) is an Islamic shrine and major landmark located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The
site's significance stems from the religious beliefs regarding the rock, known as the Foundation Stone, at its
heart.
Location, co...
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The Hurva Synagogue, (Hebrew: בית הכנסת החורבה, translit:
Beit ha-Knesset ha-Hurba, lit. "The Ruin Synagogue"), also
known as Hurvat Rabbi Yehudah he-Hasid ("Ruin of Rabbi Judah
the Pious"), is a historic synagogue located in the Jewish
Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.
The synagogue was founded in the early 18th century by
followers of ...
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