Slate reads “As the time for assumption was now due he set his face for Jerusalem. St.Luke.Ch.9.v.51.”. An Arab man looking down on the Jordan Valley. View of the Jordan Valley. View of the Plains of Jericho. View of the Mount of Temptation in the Judaean Desert. View of the cliffs and uneven topography of the Judaean Desert. Archaeological remains of a small Samaritan town. Desert near Jerusalem. Aerial view of the Mount of Olives, small town and desert nearby. Skyline of Jerusalem, with Dome of the Rock in front. Street in Jerusalem crowded for Passover. Houses in Jerusalem. Men and women crowding in Jerusalem. Two men walking down the Via Dolorosa. Partial view of a Christian cross.
An ancient bust of the Roman Emperor Titus. Men passing through the Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy. Chunks of stone rubble found in the Roman Forum. View of the Roman Colosseum partially obscured by trees. View of the Roman Colosseum as seen from the ground floor inside. Gates inside the Roman Colosseum for animals. Animated map depicting the trade route and spread of Christianity between Rome and the Holy Land during the Roman period. Remains of Early Christian churches found in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium). A lizard crawls on the stone wall of an Early Christian church.
Aerial view of Jerusalem, British Palestine. The dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christian Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel) is seen from aerial view. The Crusader Tower is also seen from aerial view. Interior of the dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Numerous lighted candles surround Christians attending service inside the church. A Roman Catholic priest distributes the Holy Communion to churchgoers during a Latin Christian rite mass. A Roman Catholic priest celebrates mass in front of the Holy Tomb inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Greek Orthodox patriarchs holding candles in a procession during a religious service. The Greek Orthodox Patriarch and Bishop of Jerusalem, Timotheus I of Jerusalem (Timotheus Themelis), leads the procession. Armenian priests, with black pointed hoods, in a procession inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Armenian priests wearing elaborate cloaks during a procession. A Syrian Orthodox bishop performs a mass in Aramaic during Palm Sunday. Coptic Orthodox Christians attending a Palm Sunday mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Large candles flank the church door. Ethiopian Abyssinian Church holding a mass at the roof of the rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Ethiopian umbrellas adorn the procession. Abbot of the Ethiopian Abyssinian Church wearing a miter of solid gold.
Crowds watching a Muslim man brandishes a sword during Palm Sunday in Jerusalem. Slide reads “About 610 A.D. Mahommed proclaimed the religion of Islam. In 637 A.D. the Khalif Omar conquered Jerusalem.”. Muslim men crowd to commemorate the Siege of Jerusalem by Caliph Umar in 636-637. Some Muslim men hold flags during a procession honoring Moses, revered in Islam as a prophet. Muslim men brandishing swords during a parade. Muslim followers outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Minaret of the Dome of the Rock. Jewish pilgrims praying in front of the Western Wall, the only remains of the Second Temple of the Jews. Veiled Jewish women weeping and praying in front of the Western Wall. Christian followers attend a ceremony on the courtyard of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Christian Quarter, Jerusalem, Israel). Greek Orthodox Patriarch, Timotheus I of Jerusalem (Timotheus Themelis), blessing pilgrims.
Slate reads “The Kingdom of the Crusades lasted just over a hundred years and left its monuments the length and breadth of the country.”. Aerial view of the Qal'at ash-Shawbak (Shoubak), also known as the Montreal crusader castle, in present day Shoubak, Jordan. View of the remains of Belvoir Castle, a Crusader castle in Northern Israel. Aerial view of Jacob’ Ford, a Knights Templar border castle visited by King Richard the Lionheart of England. An unidentified Crusader castle in Palestine. A minaret in Jerusalem.
Damage from aerial bombing during World War II. A city on fire, probably London, after being dropped with incendiary bombs. Smoke come out from a burning building. Skeletons of buildings damaged and surrounding areas showing the aftermath of a serious aerial bombing. Smoke emanates from rubble of a bombed church. A group of bombers dropping bombs in flight. Bombing of a village or forest. A house with gaping hole from bombing. The United States flag is laid on the roof of bombed house. A group of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers turn on the tarmac. Three Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers dropping bombs in flight.