JERUSALEM'S OLDEST PHOTOGRAPHS
by David Kiern
Thus says Adonai: "I will return to Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of Adonai-Tzva’ot will be called the Holy Mountain."
- ZECHARIAH 8:3
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Shortly after the invention of photography, pioneering photographic artists traveled to the Holy Land to capture images of the biblical landscape. Until then, most Bible readers had only imagined what Israel might look like. This began to change around 180 years ago.
The first images of Jerusalem, the Galilee and Bethlehem were reprinted around the world, and Followers of Jesus marveled at what they saw.
Enjoy these images — some of the earliest ever captured — of the City of Jerusalem.
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The Temple Mount and the Tower of David - 1844
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The Golden Gate, seen from the inside of the Temple Mount - 1856
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Stone of Anointing, Church of the Holy Sepulcher - 1858
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Yeshua's (Empty) Tomb, Church of the Holy Sepulcher - 1858
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The Golden Gate, seen from the outer Eastern Wall of the Temple Mount - 1860
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Jerusalem from Mount Scopus - 1860
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The Dome of the Rock - 1860
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Solomon's Stables, under the Temple Mount - 1860
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Inside the Dome of the Rock, the gate leading to the Well of Souls under the Foundation Stone - 1860
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Tomb of Miriam, Mother of Yeshua, near the Garden of Gethsemane - 1867
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Old City rooftops - 1867
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Interior of the Jaffa Gate - 1870
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Sheep and goats being led to market, Old City walls - 1880
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Religious Holiday, Church of the Holy Sepulcher - 1880
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The Foundation Stone, inside the Dome of the Rock (where the ark of the covenant once rested) - 1890
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Temple Mount - 1898
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Bedouins unloading wheat-ladened camels at the Damascus Gate - 1898
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Old City streets - 1898
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Garden of Gethsemane - 1898
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Road to Jerusalem from the north - 1898
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Beautiful in its height, the joy of the whole earth, is Mount Zion, on the northern side of the city of the great King.
- PSALM 48:2
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