The Jerusalem Model

The Model of Jerusalem as the city existed just prior to its destruction in 70 AD. This was substantially how the city appeared during the lifetime of Jesus.

The top of the Dead Sea Scroll "Shrine of the Book" exhibit. It is designed to look like the top of a scroll jar. The famous "Model of Jerusalem" now kept on display at the Israeli Museum. The Temple Mount, with the Second Temple centered in the middle. More views of the Temple and other Temple Mount structures. Looking up mount Zion and David's tomb. The old City of David. The temple mount viewed from the south. The Western Wall, which is still extant today. A view of the traditional site of Golgotha, just outside the main city walls. The back of the Temple Mount. A view of the site of "Gordon's Tomb," the "Protestant" Golgotha and tomb. The steps leading up to Chaiphas' House that Jesus climbed. The "Teaching Steps" ... still extant today, where Jesus taught. The front of the Temple. More views of the Temple. Another angle on the "Garden Tomb." Note ... in that time it was outside the .. .. same walls as the traditional site, but within the outer Roman walls.