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Jerusalem Explored (Vol. 1&2) (Annotated)

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Jerusalem Explored (Vols. 1–2) is a richly empirical survey of the Holy City, combining architectural description, topographical observation, antiquarian inquiry, and numerous plans and illustrations. Pierotti moves between biblical memory, classical remains, Islamic monuments, and nineteenth-century urban life, writing in the positivist spirit of Victorian-era exploration while retaining the eye of a trained engineer. The work belongs to the formative literature of modern Jerusalem studies, when sacred geography was being re-examined through measurement, excavation, and comparative architectural analysis. Ermete Pierotti, an Italian military engineer and architect, lived in Jerusalem during the 1850s and early 1860s, serving in technical capacities that gave him unusual access to sites often closed to European investigators, including parts of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount precinct. His professional training shaped the book's emphasis on masonry, subterranean structures, water systems, and urban fortifications, while his proximity to Ottoman Jerusalem gave his observations a practical immediacy beyond armchair antiquarianism. This work is recommended to readers interested in the archaeology, architecture, and historical imagination of Jerusalem. Though some conclusions reflect the assumptions and controversies of its age, Pierotti's detailed observations and visual documentation remain valuable for understanding both the city and the nineteenth-century scholarship that sought to map its sacred past. This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience. - Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance. - Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

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Publish dateJan 28, 2021

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1Introduction

2Jerusalem Explored (Vol. 1&amp;2)

3VOLUME 1

4CHAPTER I.

5CHAPTER II.

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6CHAPTER III. (pt. 1)

7CHAPTER III. (pt. 2)

8CHAPTER IV.

9CHAPTER V.

10CHAPTER VI. (pt. 1)

11CHAPTER VI. (pt. 2)

12CHAPTER VII.

13CHAPTER VIII.

14CHAPTER IX.

15NOTES. (pt. 1)

16NOTES. (pt. 2)

17CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY

18PRINCIPAL PASSAGES FROM THE HOLY BIBLE

19PASSAGES FROM JOSEPHUS&#x27;S ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS

20PASSAGES FROM JOSEPHUS&#x27;S HISTORY OF THE JEWISH WAR

21VOLUME 2

22PLATE I. PANORAMA OF JERUSALEM, SEEN FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES.

23PLATE II. PLAN OF MODERN JERUSALEM.

24PLATE III. PLAN OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM.

25PLATE IV. FOUR SECTIONS OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM, SHEWING THE UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTIONS IN COMPARISON WITH THE PRESENT LEVEL OF THE CITY.

26PLATE V. ANCIENT CITADEL OF THE JEBUSITES, AFTERWARDS THAT OF DAVID, THEN THAT OF THE PISANS. THE JAFFA GATE.

27PLATE VI. THE TOWERS PHASÆLUS AND MARIAMNE. THE TOWER HIPPICUS IS CONCEALED BY PHASÆLUS.

28PLATE VII. GATE OF DAMASCUS.

29PLATE VIII. VIEWS OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH.

30PLATE IX. PLANS AND SECTION OF THE ROYAL CAVERNS, AND OF THE GROTTO OF JEREMIAH.

31PLATE X. DETAILS OF ANCIENT MASONRY—OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANCIENT CONDUITS—OF THE POOLS—OF THE WELL OF JOAB, AND OF SOLOMON&#x27;S RESERVOIRS AT ETHAM.

32PLATE XI. THE HARAM ES-SHERIF.

33PLATE XII. PLAN OF LAND BELONGING TO THE DAUGHTERS OF SION, AND OF THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE COMMUNICATING WITH MORIAH, DISCOVERED BY PIEROTTI—SECTIONS RELATING TO THIS LAND AND TO MOUNT MORIAH.

34PLATE XIII. VIEW OF THE ARCH OF THE ECCE-HOMO, WITH THE SMALLER ARCH TO THE NORTH, DISCOVERED BY PIEROTTI.

35PLATE XIV. VIEW OF THE BARRACK OF THE HARAM ES-SHERIF.

36PLATE XV. REMAINS OF ANCIENT MASONRY, CALLED THE RUINS OF THE TOWER ANTONIA.

37PLATE XVI. VIEW OF THE POOL OF BETHESDA.

38PLATE XVII. ANCIENT JEWISH WORK IN THE NORTH-EAST OF THE HARAM WALL, NEAR S. MARY&#x27;S GATE.

39PLATE XVIII. EASTERN VIEW OF THE GOLDEN GATE.

40PLATE XIX. WESTERN VIEW OF THE GOLDEN GATE.

41PLATE XX. VIEW OF THE SOUTH GATE OF THE HARAM ES-SHERIF, (BAB EL-HULDAH.)

42PLATE XXI. WESTERN VIEW OF EL-AKSA, NEAR THE SOUTH-WESTERN ANGLE.

43PLATE XXII. WAILING-PLACE OF THE JEWS. A PORTION OF THE ANCIENT WALL OF THE TEMPLE ENCLOSURE.

44PLATE XXIII. FAÇADE OF THE MOSQUE EL-AKSA.

45PLATE XXIV. SECTION OF THE MOSQUE OF EL-AKSA, AND OF ITS SUBSTRUCTIONS.

46PLATE XXV. UNDERGROUND WORKS OF THE MOSQUE OF EL-AKSA. THE MONOLITH IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKS.

47PLATE XXVI. NORTH-EASTERN VIEW OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH, AND OF KUBBET ES-SILSILEH.

48PLATE XXVII. SECTION OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH—VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE GOLDEN GATE.

49PLATE XXVIII. FOUR MOSAICS IN THE INTERIOR OF KUBBET ES-SAKHARAH, AND MOSQUE EL-AKSA.

50PLATE XXIX. DETAILS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE MONOLITH IN THE UNDERGROUND WORKS OF EL-AKSA; OF THE ORNAMENTATION OF THE GOLDEN GATE; AND OF THE SIX CAPITALS WHICH CROWN THE COLUMNS OF THE MOSQUES.