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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.10357#0075
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PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
level of the pavement on which the Dome of the Rock stands. Between the corner and the
platform the ridge of Moriah is in one place very narrow. Here the rock gives place to turf,
and there are indications which point to the existence of a ditch cut in the solid rock.
The north-east corner has been formed by filling up the deep ravine, which has already
NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE HARAM ESH SHERIF.
Showing the highest minaret of the Sanctuary, and the old Serai, which is now used as a state prison.
been alluded to as that in which the Birket Israil (Pool of Bethesda) is situated. The south-
west corner, as far as we know at present, is, with the exception of the passage from Barclay's
Gate, alluded to above, filled up in a solid manner with large stones and earth. On the south
PICTURESQUE PALESTINE.
level of the pavement on which the Dome of the Rock stands. Between the corner and the
platform the ridge of Moriah is in one place very narrow. Here the rock gives place to turf,
and there are indications which point to the existence of a ditch cut in the solid rock.
The north-east corner has been formed by filling up the deep ravine, which has already
NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE HARAM ESH SHERIF.
Showing the highest minaret of the Sanctuary, and the old Serai, which is now used as a state prison.
been alluded to as that in which the Birket Israil (Pool of Bethesda) is situated. The south-
west corner, as far as we know at present, is, with the exception of the passage from Barclay's
Gate, alluded to above, filled up in a solid manner with large stones and earth. On the south