Hezekiah's Tunnel

Farewell Yerushalayim...Hello Dead Sea

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March 3rd 2011
It was another bright and beautiful morning here in Yerushalayim. We started our day off with a tour of the City of David. King David's capital was originally founded south of the Temple Mount outside the walls of what today is the Old City. It was only in later generations when more space was needed that Yerushalayim was expanded to the north and west beyond the Temple Mount. Today archeologi ... read more

Middle East » Israel » Jerusalem District » Jerusalem

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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