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OLD JERUSALEM.

DISCOVERY OF GREAT ABCH. (UKITZD PRESS A.SSOCUTIOB —£2 UL,JXXIUO TEWSOE^rB—CDPVBIOHT.) JERUSALEM. November 24. A great arch connected with Biblical times, supposed to be '"the causeway ot' the going up" mentioned in I. Chronicles, xxvi., 16, has been discovered during repairs to a drainage canal in the qkl city, under a synagogue, close to the Wailing Wall. The arch belongs to a series which, in Jewish times, supported the street leading from the temple area to the upper city. Also. 16 yards beloiv the floor-level of the synagogue, lias been found a pool, bpHeved to be the Pool of Burak, so nanutd after the legendary steed of the prophet Mahomet, whp is supposed to have tethered the animal to the spot before his miraculous journey to Heaven. [I. Chronicles, chapter xxvj., verses 12 and 16 read: —l2. Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the House of the Jjord. IG. To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallechetli, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.]

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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20095, 26 November 1930, Page 4

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188

OLD JERUSALEM. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20095, 26 November 1930, Page 4

OLD JERUSALEM. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20095, 26 November 1930, Page 4

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