The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-19
MOSAIC MAP Of JERUSALEM.
ONCE COMPOSED THE FLoOR OF
AN OLD CHURCH.
Positions of the Tower Of David, the
Golden Gate, Pilates Palace and
The Church of Zion Clearly Out
lined.

| A map of Jerusalem, in mosaic, over
1900 years old, has been found at Ma
daba, in Palestine. It was discovered
| in uncovering the ruins of an ancient
church about to be rebuilt. The entire
pavement of the old church was a
mosaic map of Palestine, many parts
! of which had been worn away or brok-
Ell off. That part containing the city Of
Jerusalem was more or less perfect,
only g, part of the well at the south
west corner being missing, and the well
known scholar and archaeologist, M. J..
Lagrange, who lives in Jerusalem, has
/ just written q description.
OF GREAT HISTORIC VALUE.
After a minute examination of the
mosaic it is pronounced of great his
toric value, dating from the fourth cen
fury Of the Christian era, and repre-
6enting the Jerusalem of Hadrian and
Justinian. After comparing it with
ancient descriptions of the holy city
and with Jerusalem as it now exists,
the learned scholar has identified the
gates and buildings on the map. The
northernmost gate. fanked by two
towers, is undoubtedly the gate Of
Nablous." Thence the wall is marked
in green with a black border. Follow
ing 1t to the southwest, four towers are
found for the defense of the wall, and
gate With two towers, in the exact
location of the present 'Joppa gate"
Above the second tower the wall rises
to great height. This is the citadel
which protects the street running north
and south. After this citadel, evident
ly the tower of DAVID mentioned by
authorities of that time, the walls re-
sumo their natural size. The map is
damaged on the southeastern side,
where a gate is found in the actual
location of the golden gate" Then
gate with two towers appears, to which
a broad street leads up. This is the
gate of Marianne
On entering the gate of Nablous"
we see beautiful open place with a
tall column in it. The column has long
disappeared, but the name remains, the
gate being called Bab-eI-Amoud, the
column gate. The "place" is small now,
resorted to chiefly by nargileh smokers,
and was christened by a. missionary
"Loafers' square"
CHURCH AND PILATES PALACE.
Passing southwark, down the great
colonnaoe (sone of the columns are
still to be found, a building with a
broad front of triangular shape and a
red roof is found. This is THE Mar
tyrium" of Constantine, d great church
Of that period. Then we see a yellow
dome. This is the church of "Anas-
taSius." Following the colonnade to the
end we find gate. But there are three
other gates around it, leading south
ward. This is evidently a remnant Of
the ancient first wall, the newer quar-
ter having been included by the wall
of Had1ian. Zion and Sloan can be
reached by the gates alone, being be-
yond the wall. After passing through
in &c ;e,
made all the more certain by the street
which begins at the gate of Joppa-"
1t has no columns, but is marked in
white and yellow IN the mosaic It
starts due east, then turns and runs
parallel to the main street leading UP
to a large building and then apparent
ly turning to the west. Today the