Upper City

The Dyers Quarter in First Century Jerusalem

This area of dyers was possibly the location of the Upper Room....

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Pomp of the Upper City

Most of Jerusalem's working people lived in the crowded, noisy precincts of the Lower City. Their one- and two-story houses stood packed closely together. In contrast, the broad fashionable avenues of the Upper City were laid out in an orderly grid pattern like the elegant cities of Greece and Rome. This part of Jerusalem was the home of the rich a...

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