Roman bust, thought to be that of Josephus Flavius. Because of its topography, the outline and scope of first-century Jerusalem is easily recognized in the city two thousand years later. The three hills—Mount Moriah, the Eastern Hill and the Western Hill—over which the city extended, are still clearly discernible, as are the deep valleys of the Kedron and Hinnom that hold the city, as it were, in the palm of a giant hand. The accumulated debris of centuries has, of