Bethany is a locality in Judea, currently part of the West Bank, on the east side of the Mount of Olives, about 2.7 km southeast from Jerusalem, on the road… Read More
Bethany. The Sepulchre of Lazarus at Palestine.
Tag: Landscape
Mount Moriah, one of the four hills on which Jerusalem stood.
Mount Moriah is the third of the four hills on which Jerusalem stood in the time of Jesus Christ, according to the description of Josephus.
A Khoisan village on the banks of the Orange River in South Africa.
THE village that appears in this view is at the Orange River, and inhabited a tribe denominated Khoisan, settled on the south bank of that river.
Panorama of Jerusalem, seen from the Mount of Olives.
Jerusalem Explored. Being a description of the ancient and modern city, by Ermete Pierotti, transferred to stone by Thomas Pitken. London 1864
The ancient Jerusalem. Geographical and historical. The Holy Land.
The importance of Jerusalem to Israel and the world is due the fact that it became the seat of the chosen Temple of God.
Lower Pool of Siloam, Valley of Jehoshaphat.
Siloam is now used as a public fountain; but it seems to have been once sacred to the uses of the Temple. The Holy Land by David Roberts
Bethlehem. Historical views and description of its sites.
The town of Bethlehem and its surroundings depicted and described in the travelogues of David Roberts and Luigi Mayer in the 19th century.
Distant view of Damascus, from the village of Salihiye. Syria.
The elevation, shortly after the traveler leaves the village of Salihiyeh being sufficient to give him a splendid range of vision.
The largest of the cedars of Lebanon. Mount Lebanon.
View of the entire grove of “The Cedars.” The tree now represented is, upon the whole, the noblest of the ten or twelve “venerables” now standing.
The Hudson River Palisades. Dramatic geological formations.
The Palisades are among the most dramatic geological formations in the New York City area.