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

PLATE IX.

PLANS AND SECTION OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH.

Fig. II. Royal Caverns.

1. Ancient Entrance into the Caves.
2. Present Entrance.
3. The place from which the Jews quarried stones.
4. Large and deep Excavations, from which the Monolith of the Mosque el-Aksa was taken.
5. Fountain.
6. Overhanging rocks.
7. Chiseled rock, with the places from which blocks have been extracted.

A. Present Wall of the City.
B. C. D. &c. – Positions corresponding with the different Levels of the Section.

Fig. II. Grotto of Jeremiah.

8. Entrance.
9. Ancient Room of the period of S. Helena.
10. Cemetery of Dervishes.
11. Mohammedan Tomb of a Dervish.
12. Dervishes’ Cooking-place.
13. Premises for food.
14. Place of Prayer.
15. Chiseled rock, with the places from which blocks have been extracted.
16. Pilaster.
17. Mill.
18. Modern Wall.

Jerusalem. Views 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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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 Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Plans and sections.

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 Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.

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

The Antonia fortress, or Antonia tower at Jerusalem.

The Tomb of the Virgin Mary. The Cave of the Agony. Plans, sections.

The Cenacle and the Tomb of David of Mount Sion at Jerusalem.

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

The Golden Gate of the Temple at Jerusalem, Israel.

Bethany. The Sepulchre of Lazarus at Palestine.

The Pool of Bethesda, or Probatic Pool at Jerusalem.

Jerusalem. Plan of the Church of the Resurrection and the Holy Sepulchre.

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

Jerusalem. Entrance to Hospital of the Knights of St. John

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.