2nd Trip to Jerusalem

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Jerusalem
Yesterday, we went back the Jerusalem. We walked through the streets filled with people selling or buying goods.
After that, we went to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The church used to be dedicated to the Greek Goddess Aphrodite in 2nd Century B.C. The bible says this is where Jesus was crucified on the cross and buried.    
We wanted to go into the tomb (where Jesus was believed to have risen from the dead), but the line was a couple of hours long.
We then went to the Israel museum. There were lots of amazing artifacts there including: the Dead Sea scrolls, Egyptian canopic jars, and Greek urns.

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Photos

Bird
Outside one of the many shops

The Old City
We saw several walls that were painted.

Old City
A fountain in the Christian Quarter

Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Calvary

Dome of the rock
As seen from a street in the Armanian Quarter

for sale
One of the many things for sale in the old city

all kinds of shops
You can buy all sorts of things!

Comments

[J. Kinghorn]

What a place!
So awesome to be walking on such revered earth! I'm wondering about the sounds you encountered there, and the smells? What does the air feel like?