Panorama of Jerusalem's Eastern Hill and the Kidron Valley : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Panorama of Jerusalem's Eastern Hill and the Kidron Valley / Ian W Scott
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | Here we look south along the lower Kidron valley with the slope of the "eastern hill" (the "City of David") on the right and the southern section of the mount of Olives across the valley at left. This section of the mount of Olives, a less affluent Palestinian area of Jerusalem, is known as Silwan Village. The cramped houses cling to the steep slopes of the ridge, stacked one on top of the other, much as the houses would have clung to the eastern hill's slopes in the time of Hezekiah. The eastern hill was the location of the bronze-age fortified town which was captured and occupied by Israelites during the Iron Age, probably in the 10th century BCE. Since this sequence corresponds with the biblical account of David's conquest, the eastern hill was most likely the site of David's capital and the centre of the later kingdom of Judah. Excavations along this eastern slope of the hill have uncovered 10th-century monumental buildings which may be David's palace or administrative offices. There are no new fortifications from the 10th century, so David and Solomon's capital likely continued to rely on the strong Canaanite (bronze-age) city wall that ran around the hill about half-way up its slope. The gihon spring, Jerusalem's main water source, also comes out near the foot of this slope. |
| 撮影日 | 2011-05-28 06:18:02 |
| 撮影者 | Ian W Scott |
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| 撮影地 | Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel 地図 |