So, I finally got my flashdrive back with some more pictures. On our way from the dig down to Jerusalem, we stopped at Megiddo. That stone circle in the first picture is actually a very ancient pagan altar. The second picture shows the water system of Megiddo, which is amazing when you think that people dug it nearly 3,000 years ago, and it's not only enormous, but goes down deep enough to store tons of water.
Here we made it to Jerusalem. We lived in the dorms at Jerusalem University College, and my favorite thing to do was sitting on the swing and watching people in the courtyard. The school is on Mount Zion just outside the Old City walls which you can see in the second picture. Sadly these walls "only" go back to Crusader times.
These next pictures were our first real day in Jerusalem and one of my personal highlights. When we rounded the corner and saw the golden dome, it was so surreal to actually see a building I had seen over and over so many times. But it was the Temple Mount itself, or what was still left from the 1st century, that was really fascinating. I couldn't believe the ruins still there, and learning all about what the place would have been like in Jesus' time just made it all so real. The picture of me touching the wall isn't the real Wailing Wall, but it was close and did have the rolled up prayers sticking out of the stones. The third picture is the cornerstone of the entire Temple Mount, and in the last one, I'm sitting on the Huldah Steps, the Southern and probably once main entrance up to the Temple Mount; they were known as a site where rabbis and teachers stood and lectured. In fact, there are records of Gamaliel (Paul's tutor) being here.
Putting up pictures is hard work and takes time. Sorry, but it's late, so you'll have to wait for more ... again. Thanks!
2 comments:
the water system IS indeed amazing! did they have those same railings then too! :)
Is that question worthy of being answered? Hmm, I'll ponder it.
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