Day 08 – City of David, Hezekiah’s Tunnel, Holocaust Museum
The whole gang getting a lesson.on going underground Jerusalem and The City of David
The City of David. Archeologists from around the world have been involved in study of sites throughout Israel, and none more intensively than The City of David which dates back 1400 years before Herod. Prior to 1967, the site was under the jurisdiction of the King of Jordan. Israel only gained access to the site in 1967.
Active archeological digin City of David
Active archeological site in City of David. This one’s for you Katie Kolekethis.
Active archeological site in City of David
Looking toward Jerusalem from The City of David
The City of David. Archeologists from around the world have been involved in study of sites throughout Israel, and none more intensively than The City of David which dates back 1400 years before Herod. Prior to 1967, the site was under the jurisdiction of the King of Jordan. Israel only gained access to the site in 1967.
Israel Museum. The exhibits we viewed traced the history of the Jewish people and the nation of Israel.
Israel Museum. The exhibits we viewed traced the history of the Jewish people and the nation of Israel.
During the reign of King Hezekiah, amazing work was completed to protect the water for the city by diverting the tunnel inside the city walls. A number of members of our group were able to walk the length of Hezekiah’s tunnel that ran for over half a mile through bedrock. The walls pushed in and down with only flashlights to show the way.
This is where we separated and those who wanted to walk Hezekiah’s Tunnel went one way, others went to a sunny pavillion to have a coffee.
This is where we separated and those who wanted to walk Hezekiah’s Tunnel went one way, others went to a sunny pavillion to have a coffee. Eszter Cukor in foreground, then Andrea, Sarah and Cathy
Underground City of David
Underground City of David
Cindy being the light underground in City of David
Margie VanMeter
A welcome look at daylight, coming out of 1 mile wade through blackness in Hezekiah’s Tunnel
A welcome look at dayligh and Luket, coming out of 1 mile wade through blackness in Hezekiah’s Tunnel
A welcome look at daylight, coming out of 1 mile wade through blackness in Hezekiah’s Tunnel
Outside Hezekiah’s Tunnel, all joined up again. Honestly, I don’t remember a thing Dan said here because I was still recovering from the tunnel experience. Intense!
Israel Museum
Israel Museum and a look at the Book of the Shrine
Don’t know if it was The nail but it was a nail in that period
Yad Vashem, the preeminent Holocaust Museum in the world. The only photo I got before they yelled at me – very authentic prison guard manorisms!
Becky, Rita, Linda and Bill the last night at Hotel Dan in Jerusalem
Cheryl, Teena, Becky, Rita, Linda and BIll outside Hotel Dan, Jerusalem.