Breakfast!
Recycling Bin
View while waiting for breakfast - Moon above the beach
The "Mountains" - view from the shuttle
Driving through West Bank
View from Mt Scopus.
The Gold Dome is the Dome of the Rock originally built in 691AD.
It is located on Temple Mount, the site of Abraham's attempted sacrifice of his son
In the foreground is the Golden Gate
and the grey dome in the centre is the Al-Aqsa Mosque which is the third holiest site in Islam
The two grey domes on the left of the image are the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
This photo is for Laura - local fire "engine"
Basilica of the Agony and in the background, on the right
is the Russian Orthodox church, The Church of Mary Magdalene
Mount of Olives Cemetery
Excavation site of the City of David
The rock in the foreground with a hole in it is thought to be a toilet
Can't help looking across the valley at Mount of Olives
Church of Mary Magdalene
Entering the tunnels
Warren's shaft.
This is actually looking down
Beginning of Water Spring
Beginning of the Wet tunnels
End of the wet tunnel
Climb up from City of David to the Western Wall
Al-Aqsa Mosque
Shuttle used to transport workers through hostile territory
Al-Aqsa Mosque, Temple Mount
Dung Gate (and yes it's what you think)
Western Wall, Remnants of an old arch
Someones Bar mitzvah
The Western Wall Plaza
The Wailing wall section of the Western wall
Dome of the Rock on the left
Lunch Break
The Broad Wall built over 2600 years ago
The Byzantine Cardo.
This was the Main Street of Jerusalem in the 6th Century AD
Cardo: Reproduction of the 6th cent. A.D. Madaba map mosaic showing the cityscape of Jerusalem
Mosque of Omar on the left and and Hurva Synagogue on the right
The Last Supper Room:
Commemorates the "upper room" in which Jesus shared the Last Supper with the disciples
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