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The fragment consists of immense stones projecting from the wall , measuring
from twenty to twenty - four feet each in length . The distance from here to the hill -
side of Zion is three hundred and fifty feet , and that must have been the length of
...
The fragment consists of immense stones projecting from the wall , measuring
from twenty to twenty - four feet each in length . The distance from here to the hill -
side of Zion is three hundred and fifty feet , and that must have been the length of
...
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... who saw them on the spot , to be Phænician letters . Even though the other
portions of the wall , which here and elsewhere attains from the base ( through
the rubbish ) the full height of one hundred and fifty feet assigned to it by
Josephus ...
... who saw them on the spot , to be Phænician letters . Even though the other
portions of the wall , which here and elsewhere attains from the base ( through
the rubbish ) the full height of one hundred and fifty feet assigned to it by
Josephus ...
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The Mûristân covers about one hundred and seventy square yards , half of which
was presented by the Sultan to Prussia in 1869 . The former refectory on the
south side of the cloisters has been fitted up as a German Protestant church , and
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The Mûristân covers about one hundred and seventy square yards , half of which
was presented by the Sultan to Prussia in 1869 . The former refectory on the
south side of the cloisters has been fitted up as a German Protestant church , and
...
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9 ) — a large reservoir one hundred and seventy yards long and seventy wide ,
varying in depth from thirty - five to forty - one feet . It probably dates from the time
of Hezekiah ; a tradition identifies it as the pool in which David beheld Bathsheba
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9 ) — a large reservoir one hundred and seventy yards long and seventy wide ,
varying in depth from thirty - five to forty - one feet . It probably dates from the time
of Hezekiah ; a tradition identifies it as the pool in which David beheld Bathsheba
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The fragment consists of immense stones projecting from the wall , measuring
from twenty to twenty - four feet each in length . The distance from here to the hill -
side of Zion is three hundred and fifty feet , and that must have been the length of
...
The fragment consists of immense stones projecting from the wall , measuring
from twenty to twenty - four feet each in length . The distance from here to the hill -
side of Zion is three hundred and fifty feet , and that must have been the length of
...
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| Title | Cities of the world, Volume 3 Cities of the world, Edwin Hodder |
| Author | Edwin Hodder |
| Published | 1881 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2006 |
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