10.25377/sussex.7253195.v1
Freja Howat-Maxted
Freja
Howat-Maxted
Leila Sansour
Leila
Sansour
Jacob Norris
Jacob
Norris
View of Bethlehem and Herodium, Bethlehem, Palestine, c.1898-1914
University of Sussex
2020
Nativity Church collection
Ottoman Empire in Bethlehem
Nativity Church
Bethlehem views
Archaeology in Bethlehem
Natural landscapes
Middle Eastern and African History
Middle Eastern and North African history
2020-01-30 12:06:10
Figure
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This is a digital reproduction of an image held at the Library of Congress. <div><br></div><div>This photograph shows a view from the Church of the Nativity of Bethlehem including Herodium (also known as Frank Mountain). Herodium is a cone-shaped hill, southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank. It is believed that Herod the Great built a palace fortress and a small town at this site between 23 and 15 BCE. It is also believed that he was buried there. Many visitors visit the site in order to see the recently uncovered base of Herod's tomb. </div><div><br></div><div>This image exists as part of the Nativity Church collection within the Library of Congress project of the Planet Bethlehem Archive.</div>