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... occupied by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , and the Southern by the ruins of the Hospital of the Knights of St John . This will be enough for our present purpose . The question is , Was this space included in the second wall of the ...
... occupied by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre , and the Southern by the ruins of the Hospital of the Knights of St John . This will be enough for our present purpose . The question is , Was this space included in the second wall of the ...
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... occupied a space on the platform of the modern citadel , only at its N.W. instead of its N. E. angle . That it is to be sought for in this part of Mount Sion , is clear from Josephus's description of Jerusalem just referred to ; where ...
... occupied a space on the platform of the modern citadel , only at its N.W. instead of its N. E. angle . That it is to be sought for in this part of Mount Sion , is clear from Josephus's description of Jerusalem just referred to ; where ...
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... occupied within by the palace of Herod , which was very extensive , compre- hending not only " two immense chambers , so large and splendid that the temple itself could not be com- pared with them1 , " " large bed - chambers , each of ...
... occupied within by the palace of Herod , which was very extensive , compre- hending not only " two immense chambers , so large and splendid that the temple itself could not be com- pared with them1 , " " large bed - chambers , each of ...
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... occupied " the lower hills . " But Dr Robinson's Acra is considerably higher than Sion . The Jaffa Gate , it will be remembered , is at that Tower which was proved to occupy the site of Hippicus , and its situation at the north - west ...
... occupied " the lower hills . " But Dr Robinson's Acra is considerably higher than Sion . The Jaffa Gate , it will be remembered , is at that Tower which was proved to occupy the site of Hippicus , and its situation at the north - west ...
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... occupied by the Christian quarter is not unaptly called " a rocky projection or promon- tory setting in from the West4 : " " being the south- eastern end or point of the long swell , which forms the high ground on the north - west of ...
... occupied by the Christian quarter is not unaptly called " a rocky projection or promon- tory setting in from the West4 : " " being the south- eastern end or point of the long swell , which forms the high ground on the north - west of ...
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Acra altar ancient angle Antonia appears apse aqueduct arches architecture Arculfus Author Basilica Bethphage Bezetha Bishop building Calvary cave century chamber Chapel chre Christian Church cloister columns Constantine Copts Cross Crown 8vo Crusaders cubits Damascus Gate described Dome door Dr Robinson East eastern Ecclesia Edition El-Aksa entrance erected Eusebius feet Fergusson Golgotha Greek ground Hadrian Haram Helena History Holy Sepulchre Jerusalem Jewish Jews Josephus Kings loculus Lord marble Mejr-ed-din mentioned monument Mosk Moslems Mount Sion North notice Ophel passage Patriarch pilgrims Pool Pool of Siloam Post 8vo present probably quĉ Quaresmius remarkable rock Rotunda ruins sacred Sakhrah says second wall shew shewn side Siloam South stone Street supposed Temple Theol tion tomb tower tradition triforium Tyropœon valley vaults West western William of Tyre Woodcuts writers δὲ ἐν καὶ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῦ
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