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The menorah is the seven-branched lampstand that stood in the Second Temple, later taken to Rome after its destruction. It was adopted as the emblem of the State of Israel, and posts here include the large bronze menorah opposite the Knesset.

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Walking the Old City ramparts in Jerusalem
Centre · Jerusalem

Jerusalem: a summary and a conclusion

The final field trip of the course: a day around Jerusalem taking in the tomb of the prophet Samuel at Nabi Samuel, the Jaffa Gate, the Tower of David, Christ Church, a walk along the Old City ramparts, and Nachlaot and the Machane Yehuda market, before reflecting back on the past year and a half.

May 2014 · 6 minute read
Samuel's Tomb (Nabi Samwill) View south to Jerusalem from Nabi Samuel Valedictory breakfast! Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem Excavations inside the Tower of David View over the Old City of Jerusalem from the Tower of David Model of the Dome of the Rock inside the Tower of David Museum Christ Church, Jerusalem Walking the Old City ramparts in Jerusalem Original house in Nachlaot
The Knesset Building
Centre · Jerusalem

Jerusalem Institutions

A field trip around the institutions of Givat Ram in west Jerusalem: the Knesset menorah, the Knesset itself, the Supreme Court and a whistle-stop tour of the Israel Museum's archaeology wing.

Nov 2013 · 3 minute read
The Menorah outside the Knesset The Knesset Building Inside the Supreme Court The Tel Dan Steele in the Israel Museum
Excavations of the outer western (the Kotel) and southern walls of the Second Temple Mount
Centre · Jerusalem

Jerusalem in the Second Temple period

A field trip through Jerusalem's Second Temple period sites: the City of David, the Tyropoeon valley drainage channel, the Davidson Centre, the Burnt House, the Wohl Museum of Archaeology, and the excavations beneath the Western and southern walls of the Temple Mount.

Jun 2013 · 5 minute read
Walking up the Roman drainage channel in the Tyropoeon valley Capital possibly from the second temple The Burnt House of the Katros family, Jerusalem The oldest mosaic in Israel in the Wohl Museum of Archaelogy, Jerusalem Mikve from the second temple period in the western wall excavations Herodian street from the second temple period
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