Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Date

3-1980

Description

Nestled in the Old City of Jerusalem lays the Western Wall. This wall, being exposed only 62 feet in length, acts as a support for the Temple Mount. Before 1867, it was believed that the wall consisted of 24 rows of stones, making it around 18 meters talll, but after excavation efforts, it was discovered that an extra 19 rows were buried underground. Jewish travelers come from all around to marvel at the wall and believed that the lowest stones, which happened to be also larger than the rest, were once part of Solomon’s Temple.

Notes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Wall (accessed 28 Oct 2011)

http://mosaic.lk.net/g-wall.html (accessed 31 Oct 2011)

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

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Keywords

historic, religious architecture, tourists, Western Wall, Jerusalem

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