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Stone of the Unction  
   

Stone of the Unction

Where Jesus' body was washed and wrapped for burial. The whole time I was here, people kept coming up to the stone and kissing it, rubbing their faces on it, and wrapping their arms around it. It was really touching.
Getting My Religion On

July 3rd 2010
*NOTE: once again, the picture display is kind of funky. To see the big version, click on the photo; to see the caption, which has a lot of information in it, you might need to scroll down a fair amount, and look on the right-hand side. Sorry!* Hi again everyone! I played tourist yesterday, and went down to the Old City again. I wandered my way down to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, wh ... read more
Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

Israeli Flag Following World War II, the British withdrew from their mandate of Palestine, and the UN partitioned the area into Arab and Jewish states, an arrangement rejected by the Arabs. Subsequently, the Israelis defeated the Arabs in a series of wars without... ... read more
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