. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . length and 3. ft. in height. Thewall at the comer is altogether 156 ft. inheight, of which only 77^/2 ft* are now aboveground. — In the course of his excavationsWarren discovered a second wall at a greatdepth, running from the corner towardsthe , and surrounding Ophel (PI. H, 6),the quarter to the of the Haram. On the East Side of the wall of the Haramlies much rubbish, and the rock once dippedmuch more rapidly to the Kidron valley(comp. pp. 30, 31) than the present su
. Palestine and Syria : with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia : handbook for travellers . length and 3. ft. in height. Thewall at the comer is altogether 156 ft. inheight, of which only 77^/2 ft* are now aboveground. — In the course of his excavationsWarren discovered a second wall at a greatdepth, running from the corner towardsthe , and surrounding Ophel (PI. H, 6),the quarter to the of the Haram. On the East Side of the wall of the Haramlies much rubbish, and the rock once dippedmuch more rapidly to the Kidron valley(comp. pp. 30, 31) than the present surfaceof the ground does. The Golden Gate [p. 63)stands with its outside upon the wall, butwith its inside apparently upon rock. Thedifferent periods of building are easily dis-tinguishable. The wall, along which areplaced numerous Moslem tombstones, hereextends to a depth of 29-39 ft. below thesurface. Outside of the Haram wall Warrendiscovered a second wall, possibly an an-cient city-wall, buried in the debris. Thewhole of the corner of the Temple pla-teau, both within and without the enclosing.
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