Jerusalem. Views of the Royal Caverns, and of the Grotto of Jeremiah.

PLATE VIII.

VIEWS OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH.

Fig. I. Royal Caverns.

1. Present City Walls.
2. Rock.
3. Outer Cave.
4. Ancient Entrance of the Inner Cave.
5. Present lower level of the ground.

Fig. II. Cave of Jeremiah.

1. Rock Cave.
2. Inner Cave.
3. Place of Prayer.
4. Cemetery of Dervishes.

Plans and sections of the Royal Caverns, and of the Grotto of Jeremiah.

Source: Jerusalem Explored. Being a description of the ancient and modern city, with numerous illustrations consisting of views, ground plans, and sections by Ermete Pierotti; translated by Thomas George Bonney (Fellow of St Johns College, Cambridge). London: Bell and Daldy; Cambridge: Deighton, Bell and Co. 1864.

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View of the Damascus Gate, leading into Jerusalem.

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The Upper Fountain of Siloam. Valley of Jehosophat.

Lower Pool of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat.

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The Tomb of St. James in the Valley of Jehoshaphat.

Entrance to the tombs of the kings, Jerusalem. Plan and sections.

The Holy Land. Hebron one of the oldest cities in the world.

The Greek Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.

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Bethany. The Sepulchre of Lazarus at Palestine.

The Pool of Bethesda, or Probatic Pool at Jerusalem.

The cemetery of Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, Israel 1836.

The Mosque of Omar, on the Ancient Site of the Temple at Jerusalem.

The Pyramids of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Cheops.

The Pool of Bethesda, or Probatic Pool at Jerusalem.

The Shrine of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, by David Roberts.

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