Introduction
Nazareth
Capernaum
Tell Dan
pistachio
Caesarea Philippi
Old Jerusalem
palm market
Lachish
Tell Beersheva
market
ibex
Timnah Park
Eilat
Hazor |

This was the Arab Quarter of the Old City. This section was in the vicinity of
the "Via Dolorosa". There was a sign indicating the cobbled section of street in the back
ground was from the Roman period. Some streets in the Arab quarter were not wide enough for autos, but
in ancient times similar size streets were trodden by donkeys carrying
loads to the market. Jerusalem was 80% Jewish during my visit.
During 2006 I got a guided tour and the guide told me
these cobbles were taken from a layer 3 meters below the street and
brought to the surface to show the type of street that was used in Roman
times.

City of David - April 2005
This is the view below
the south wall of the Old City. The Kidron Valley to the right and an
extension of the Tyropoeon Valley to the left. The Tyropoeon was
filled in in later times, but was probably close to the road from near
the wall at the top down towards the bottom left. These modern houses
were built over what was the City of David, Jerusalem during the time of
David about 1000 BC. Ancient remains from the times of the Judean
king were found along the eastern/right slope of this ridge. Late
Roman quarrying destroyed some of the early remains. |