This is the most up-to-date book on sites and discoveries in Jerusalem and an excellent and enriching guidebook for touring the Holy City. The book also reveals sites and places which are not widely known, including beauty spots, buildings with a special history, rare observation points, and archeological discoveries. With its help one can also discover places which are off the beaten track and about the existence of which even veteran Jerusalemites are amazed to learn. The book yields a great deal of valuable information about the development of Jerusalem. About its contrasts, about the meeting of the three monotheistic faiths, a city in which the old and the new meld into a marvellous harmony and walking in it is an inspirational experience Jerusalem, in addition to the wealth of synagogues, churches. monasteries, mosques and historic buildings in its 3.000 year history, is also a city of intensive culture and is becoming increasingly modernized with a light railway system, a Calatrava bridge, tunnels, modern access roads and new railway stations. Simultaneously with the modernization of the city much intensive archeological excavation is being carried out. The book describes discoveries in the City of David, finds on the Temple Mount, cemeteries from the First Temple period, the Roman Cardo and the Madaba Map. citadels from the days of the last Kings of Judea and from the time of Judah the Maccabee, and so on. The book is written clearly and concisely and is lavishly illustrated with spectacular photographs. It was written in the course of the author's walking tours and with constant updating. Dr. Adam Ackerman has written 21 textbooks covering the history of the Holy Land. Zionism and Jerusalem, which have appeared in numerous editions. He has a regular column in the Israeli press on "Sites in Jerusalem" and is a much sought after and exciting lecturer. Tribute was paid to Dr. Ackerman in recognition of his work at a special ... [long field truncated].