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The Carta Jerusalem Atlas is a luxuriously-enlarged atlas which clearly portrays the history of Jerusalem through the ages. This comprehensive picture of the long history of one of the most contested cities in the world will prove of value to scholars, students and laymen alike, and especially for those whom the Holy City has special meaning. The purpose of an atlas is to present as credibly as...

The Dome of the Ascension is situated on the Temple Mount platform, northwest of the Dome of the Rock (the baptistery in the opening map of this chapter). In Crusader times, it apparently served as a baptistery when the Dome of the Rock functioned as a church (Templum Domini). Originally, the structure was open and overlaid with marble, and only later, in the Ayyubid period, was it blocked up on all sides. In Muslim tradition this structure marked the spot where
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