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This is an overhead shot of the mount of the LORD (Jehovah-jireh) showing all the elements and their locations.
This is the Calvary (scull) side of the escarpment taken from the "Upper Room". This is the highest point in Jerusalem which is he rooftop of a pre-school which is the first structure inside the city walls at this important spot. This is the view NORTH.
This is the tomb section of the escarpment which remarkably meets all of the detailed requirements that the scriptures require as the place where Jesus was buried!
This shot shows Abrahams' altar looking toward the temple (southward) in the distance (view blocked by wall). Notice the edge of the cliff formed when the stones were quarried forming a 'valley'. (See 'wall cutout')
This is Abrahams' altar looking in the direction of the cliff edge where the site of the cross is. The view of the edge of this cliff is blocked by three bushes. These bushes are growing in a large 'crack' in the stone bedrock at this spot.
This is a close-up of Abrahams' altar looking in the direction of the cliff where the viewing station for Calvary (aka. Golgotha, translates:'place of a scull'). Notice the umbrella canopy at the top right.
This a shot showing the the 'crack' or 'fissure' in the stone bedrock which runs down the cliff wall to the right. These three bushes seem to be competing for a small, concentrated water supply. The bush on the far right is a thorn bush or 'thicket'. Coincidence?
This is a full view of the site of the crucifixion (what is not covered by dirt). Notice the squarish cutout area at the bottom of the cliff near the center of the photo. This is one of the three 'shelves' cut out by the Romans to hang 'accusations' or signs listing the condemned persons crime. Look above the cross and we can see the crack in the cliff and the 'thicket' bush!
These are some clippings I took from the 'thicket'!
This is a view of the Damascus Gate viewing from the direction of the crucifixion (though much closer). This was and still is the main entrance into the Old City. Roman crucifixions were performed at these high traffic spots to scare people from rebelling against them.
