Others think he repaired the walls to ward off Beduin marauders. Whatever the reason, the Old City of Jerusalem has been completely enclosed in strong, decorative walls since the 16th century.

Sha'arei Hulda, the Double & Triple Gates, now sealed, open onto the Temple Mount on the south sie, and are within the Old City. The Golden Gate is also sealed. It is part of the wall around the ...

Not in the traditional sense that the people disappeared or that buildings were left to fall into ruin, but in the sense that a purpose was lost, swallowed by something much bigger, and an identity ...

And in Jerusalem's Old City, ... Going in through one of seven 500-year-old gates by yourself is to become instantly disoriented. For the first time visitor, the signs are few, ...

Jews, Muslims and Christians pass daily through the gates of Jerusalem's Old City, on their way to and from prayers or simply to go about their everyday business in one of the most politically ...

Over the course of its tumultuous 3,000-year history, Jerusalem’s Old City has had many masters, from the ancient Persians and Babylonians all the way up to the modern states of Jordan and Israel.

Stop for tahini. At the bottom of the stairs leading from the gate to the Old City, and about a two-minute walk to the left, is Al Jebrini Tahini, one of the oldest tahini mills in Jerusalem ...

The sun was shining over the streets of Jerusalem’s Old City this afternoon, but as Ramadan began with no cease-fire in sight, the war in Gaza cast a heavy shadow over the start to the holy month.

JERUSALEM — On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City bears few of its usual hallmarks of festivity. Nearly half of the grotto-shaped gift shops are sealed behind ...

He'd made a few trips to the Old City since Oct. 7, he said, but not many. For him, it's a place of work more than a place of worship. Hollander misses the income, of course (a half-day tour is a ...