Sepulchre Gallery

Entrance to the Tomb of Absalom and Cave of Jehosophat

Entrance to the Tomb of Absalom and Cave of Jehosophat. Ingresso all Tombe di Assalonne e di Giosofat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1833. Copied from Luigi Mayer's Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1804

© Florilegius

View of Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

View of Jerusalem with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, 1800s. Parte di Gerusalmme colla Chiesa del S. Sepolero. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Maina after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1833. Copied from Luigi Mayer's Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1804

© Florilegius

Israel. Jerusalem. Tomb of the Virgin Mary. Woman praying

Israel. Jerusalem. Tomb of the Virgin Mary or Church of the Sepulchre of Saint Mary. Christian tomb in the Kidron Valley. Believed by Eastern Christians to be the burial place of Mary, the mother of Jesus. Interior. Woman praying

© Thaliastock / Mary Evans

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