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The "Golden Gate," also known as Sha'ar HaRachamim. On the other side of the wall is the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock (1865) View Golden Gate feature here |
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Panoramic view of Jerusalem, taken from the Hill of Evil Counsel - Abu Tur (1865) |
Israel Daily Picture requested that the Library remove copyright restrictions on the 147-year-old photos. The pictures were posted on the Internet this week and appear here. The Library's site allows visitors to enlarge the photographs to see amazing details, in these cases more than 12 MB in size.
Other photos from Wilson's expedition appear in the Palestine Exploration Fund's gallery, and one picture of the Haram el-Sharif/Temple Mount and Western Wall appears here.
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Panoramic view of Haram el-Sharif/Temple Mount and Western Wall (Credit: Palestine Exploration Fund, 1865) |
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