Russian Orthodox Cathedral
View from the graves looking back to the old city and the city wall. 
Interesting to see the "decay" to this sign. Different than the sort of weathering we are used to.
View across the way. Pretty interesting to see they use the hill side for refuse.
When I go shopping on a Friday night, I usually bring an M16 too. This was in an American style outdoor mall. You had Nike, Gap, Columbia Sportswear, etc.
Nativities from Jerusalem often have a palm tree in them which was fairly weird to me. But seeing that there are palms growing around the city wall (I guess or hope it is native), maybe that is what they think of as normal for them. 
Herod's gate on Friday after call to prayer. So the Muslims are leaving the mosque and this impromptu market set up outside the old city.
Not only this sign, but a lot of signs were trilingual. Getting around wasn't too bad since English was everywhere (as well as Hebrew and Arabic). Also interesting was that there were very few people here since Christianity is a distant third to Jews and Muslims in the area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_TombThis wikipedia entry is quite interesting about the Garden Tomb. So it is possibly the actual tomb, but it appears to be more recent and some other details you can read about at the wiki. This is the face of the skull. You can read about why it matters in the wiki too.
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2 comments:
great pictures!
Awesome pictures - I did not know you went to Israel. Jerusalem is a pretty amazing place to visit if you ask me!
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