Jerusalem 1844 https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/01/jerusalem-1844/

January 29, 2014 | Rose Eveleth
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The first known photographs of Jerusalem, taken when Ottoman Turks ruled the city, show a Temple Mount and Western Wall in disrepair and surrounded by rubble.

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