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Page 13
... seen about eight inches deep . The chapel adjoining to Golgotha is where Christ is said to have been nailed to the Cross . It belongs to the Latins , as does also the Chapel of St. Mary , where it is alleged the mother of our Lord stood ...
... seen about eight inches deep . The chapel adjoining to Golgotha is where Christ is said to have been nailed to the Cross . It belongs to the Latins , as does also the Chapel of St. Mary , where it is alleged the mother of our Lord stood ...
Page 16
... seen to this day . They affirm that the rock is still suspended in the air , but has been walled up , as pious pilgrims were afraid to pass under it - in proof of which assertion they tap the walls , which send forth a hollow sound ...
... seen to this day . They affirm that the rock is still suspended in the air , but has been walled up , as pious pilgrims were afraid to pass under it - in proof of which assertion they tap the walls , which send forth a hollow sound ...
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... seen , 120 yards long and 45 wide , lying nearly 70 feet below the level of the Temple plateau , and called at the present time the Birket Isra'îl , or Pool of Israel . At the north - west angle of the Harâm are the Turkish barracks ...
... seen , 120 yards long and 45 wide , lying nearly 70 feet below the level of the Temple plateau , and called at the present time the Birket Isra'îl , or Pool of Israel . At the north - west angle of the Harâm are the Turkish barracks ...
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... seen . One stone seventy - five feet above the foundation is thirty - eight feet four inches long , three and a half high , and seven feet wide . Close by is the celebrated spring of the arch known as Robinson's Arch , which connected ...
... seen . One stone seventy - five feet above the foundation is thirty - eight feet four inches long , three and a half high , and seven feet wide . Close by is the celebrated spring of the arch known as Robinson's Arch , which connected ...
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... seen to this day , and subsequently they settled in Malta , where their memorial is to be found in the cathedral , in palaces , and in fortifications . The Mûristân covers about one hundred and seventy square yards , half of which was ...
... seen to this day , and subsequently they settled in Malta , where their memorial is to be found in the cathedral , in palaces , and in fortifications . The Mûristân covers about one hundred and seventy square yards , half of which was ...
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