Jerusalem at the time of Jesus - Southern aspect.

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Jerusalem from the South.

Temple Mount South: The Hulda gates.
Temple mount South: the Hulda gate steps today.		 The Wailing Wall.
Illustrations: 1.top (W) | 2.left (S) | 3.above - Wailing Wall | 4.lower left - temple mount (S) | 5.bottom left - temple mount (S) - view today | 6.bottom right - Wilson Arch (originally part of the bridge to the upper city).
Wilson Arch.
KEY: 1.Antonia Fortress | 2.Royal Portico | 3.Solomon's Porch/Portico | 4.Court of the Gentiles | 5.Temple | 6.Wailing Wall | 7.Huldah Gates | 8.Hasmonian Palace | 9.first wall (2nd.cent.BC) | 10.second wall (1st.cent.BC) | 11.upper market | 27.Tadi gate | 31.Pool of Siloam | 34.Tyropean (upper city) viaduct | 35.bridge to city centre | 36.Hippodrome | 37.palaces of Helena, queen of Adiabene | 43.Wilson Arch.

ILLUSTRATIONS adapted from the following:
1. "The Holy Land," by Sami Awwad, (page 76). Golden Printing Press, Jerusalem, 1997.
2, 3, 4. "Jerusalem and the Holy Land," ed: Dr Marianne Mehling, Phaidon, 1987.
5. "Jerusalem," Armon, 1969.
6."Jesus and Paul - places they knew," by F F Bruce, Ark Publishing, 1981.
Illustrations are of the 1/50th scale model by the late Prof. Avi Yonah of the Hebrew University, in the Holyland Hotel, Jerusalem.
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