Jerusalem: Sacred City of three faiths
Founded in the third millennium BC, Jerusalem is the most dramatic city in the world. Known as the City of David, this is the city of the great Temple of Solomon, revered by Judaism. For Christians, it is the place where Christ was Crucified. For Muslims, it is the city where the Prophet Mohammed ascended to heaven. As a young man, John Robert Young lived in the Old City in a house on the Via Dolorosa (Way of the Cross). He recalls, “From the roof of the house I could look out across the Old City to the Temple Mount and beyond to The Mount of Olives. It was always breathtaking and deeply moving.”
1997: Dome of the Rock and Mount of Olives.
1997: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
1997: Armenian priests leaving the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
1997: Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
2000: Pilgrim on the Via Dolorosa, Good Friday.
1997: Steps leading up to the Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount.
1997: Grave of Oskar Schindler on Mount Zion.
1997: Headquarters of Aish HaTorah a Jewish organisation and yeshiva.
1998: Pilgrims in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre praying at the 'Stone of the Anointing’.
2000: Greek Orthodox Priest entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
1997: Ancient olive tree in the Garden of Gethsemene.
2000: Palestinians in the Souk with soldiers patrolling on Good Friday, in case of trouble.
2000: Pilgrims processing along the Via Dolorosa, Old City, on Good Friday.
1998: Rabbi praying on the Mount of Olives.
2000: The Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem.
1998: Greek Orthodox Priest in the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
1997: A Rabbi supervises boys learning the Torah at a yeshiva.
1970: Sheep grazing on the hills outside of Jerusalem.
1997: The Souk leading from the Damascus Gate, Old City.
2000: The Torah is carried to the Western Wall, Old City, for a Bar Mitzvah.
1970: The road from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv photographed at the Babel Wad.
1970: A house in the Arab Quarter of the Old City.
1970: ’El Kas' or 'The Cup', used for purification, is located in front of Al Aqsa Mosque, Temple Mount, Old City.
1970: Palestinian village, outskirts of Jerusalem.
1970: A worshipper walks through the Temple Mount in the Old City.
1997: The dome of Ecce Homo Church a Minarette beyond with the Dome of the Rock in the distance.