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 EVERYDAY LIFE IN OLD JERUSALEM, AT THE WAILING WALL.

 SHOPPING IN THE MARKETS

 SO MANY BEAUTIFUL THINGS TO BUY.

 SPICES FROM ALL OVER THE AREA FOR SALE.

 THE FOOD MARKET.

 A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK.

 MASADA, WHERE KING HEROD BUILT HIS HIDEAWAY BY THE DEAD SEA.

 VESSELS THAT CONTAINED WINE, FOOD, FRUITS AND GRAIN MARKED FOR KING HEROD.  THEIR ODD SHAPE WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR SHIPPING PURPOSES.  THEY WOULD FIT SNUGGLY IN A CUT HOLE FOR THE JAR TO BE NESTLED IN AND THEN WHEN THE SHIP ROCKED, THE JARS WOULD NOT ROLL AROUND AND BREAK.

 A FANTASTIC EXAMPLE OF ANCIENT GLASS WORK.  1ST CENTURY BCE - EARLY 1ST CENTURY AD.  GLASS VESSELS LIKE THESE WERE VERY COMMON IN THE AUGUSTAN PERIOD AND WERE PROBABLY USED AT HEROD'S ROMAN STYLE BANQUETS.

 THIS IS A MINIATURE REPLICA OF THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM WHILE KING HEROD LIVED.  THERE IS A WALL WITHIN A WALL.

 THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF KING HEROD'S WALL ART.  THEY WERE PAINTED WITH BEAUTIFUL COLORS AND PATTERNS.  WHAT A TREASURE TO SEE THE OLD PAINT SO VIVIDLY.

 NOT ONLY WHERE THERE PAINTED WALLS BUT ORNATE STONE CARVINGS AND PLASTER CARVINGS OF FLOWERS, BIRDS, ANIMALS, DESIGNS OR WHAT EVER WAS POPULAR FOR THE DAY.

 KING HEROD HAS AN EMENSE PALACE.

 THIS IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF KING HEROD'S SARCOPHAGUS, HIS BURIAL COFFIN.

 HERE IS A PLACE WHERE THEY LAY OUT THE THOUSANDS OF RELICS TO TRY AND PIECE THEM TOGETHER SO THE MUSEUM CAN PUT TOGETHER SUCH AMAZING COLLECTIONS FOR ALL OF THE WORLD TO ENJOY.

 KING HEROD'S BATHTUB AND TILED FLOOR.   THE TUB IS CARVED FROM 1 PIECE OF STONE.

REMNANTS FROM A SARCOPHAGUS AND BUILDING FINIALS.