Identifier: antiquitiesofori00reddrich (find matches)
Title: Antiquities of the Orient unveiled, containing a concise description of the remarkable ruins of King Solomon's temple, and store cities ,together with those of all the most ancient and renowned cities of the East, including Babylon, Nineveh, Damascus, and Shushan
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Redding, M. W. (Moses Wolcott) Guide to Mount Moriah, Author of
Subjects: Bible Middle East -- Antiquities
Publisher: New York, Temple Publishing Union
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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JTerusalem— Valley of tTeliosluxphat—Sinnom— TyropoRon—Walls— Gates—David /Street— T^ia Dolorosa—MowntZion. To render the situation and description of thepoints of interest intelligible to those who are notfamiliar with the subject, a slight sketch of the to-pography of the city and adjoining counti-y will benecessary. Jerusalem is situated on the summit of the ridge\vhich extends through Palestine from north to south;the only approach to the city being by wild moun-tain roads. The spur or plateau on which the city isbuilt has a general slant to the south-east, and its av-erage height above the Mediterranean is 2,475 feet. This plateau is of tertiary limestone, the upper bedsof which are a hard, compact stone called by theArabs Mezzeh, while the lower consists of a softwhite stone called Melekeh. It was in this latteithat most of the ancient tombs and cisterns were cut. SrCN.i C^^-1/

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