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.

Continuing

The ancient Jerusalem. Geographical and historical. The Holy Land.

The Holy Land. Jerusalem from the road leading to Bethany.

Historical views of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives.

Jerusalem from the South. The city’s various conquests.

View of the Damascus Gate, leading into Jerusalem.

The Church of the Purification at Jerusalem. The Holy Land 1839.

The Upper Fountain of Siloam. Valley of Jehosophat.

Lower Pool of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat.

Bethlehem. Historical views and description of its sites.

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 Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.

Convent of Mar Saba. The Holy Laura of Saint Sabbas. Palestine.

The largest of the cedars of Lebanon. Mount Lebanon.

General view of Beirut with a wide view over the sea and Mount Lebanon.

Jaffa, ancient Joppa, as the chief harbour of Judaea.

Hebron. The Cave of Machpelah. Oriental and Sacred Scences.

The Golden Gate of the temple shewing part of the ancient walls.

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.

Ancient citadel of the Jebusites. Jerusalem Explored.