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HARAM AL SHARIF(TEMPLE MOUNT)

Gihon Spring

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SiloamTunnel

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Hezekiah’sTunnel

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road

drainage Ancient

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Pool ofSiloam

LowerPool of

Siloam

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Givati parking lotexcavation

OLD CITY

JERUSALEM

DOMTHE ROCKE OF

WESTERN WALL

AL AQSAMOSQUE

City of Davidvisitors center

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VIA DOLOROSA
KING DAVID’S PALACE?
The Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan lies over a potential site for King David’s palace,
which would date to the 10th century idents share hilly terrain with the archaeolog-B.C. Res-
ical excavations of the City of David National Park. A newly accessible underground route
follows an ancient drain and stepped road from the Pools of Siloam to the Old City.
ALBERTO LUCAS LÓPEZ, MNGM STAFF; PATRICIA HEALY; GURA BERGER. 3D ART: ARIEL ROLDÁNATTHEW W. CHWASTYK, AND KAYA BERNE,
SOURCES: RIWPERIODS); JOE UZIEL, IAA; WAQ ARCHIVE, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES (BUILDING ENDY PULLAN, UNIVERSITY OF
CAMCAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL; JERUSALEMBRIDGE, ENGLAND; JODI MAGNESS, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH INSTITUTE FOR POLICY
RESEARCH; JERUSALEMUNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM STATISTICAL YEARBOOK; HEBREW GIS LAB; OPENSTREETMAP
CONTRIBUTORS, AVAILABLE UNDER OPEN DATABASE LICENSE
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and crusader periods.
OLD CITY QUARTERS
The area has long been divided into quarters with fluctuating boundaries and names. The Christian
Quarter, for examarch’s Quarter; current nample, was once called the Patri-es came into common
use in the 1800s. The Old City is homthan 34,000 registered residents (thousands me to more ore
may be uncounted), most in the Muslim Quarter.