The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
JERUSALEM - THE WORLD FAMOUS DOME OF THE ROCK, SITE OF THE ANCIENT TEMPLE OF SOLOMON AND NOW A MUSLIM SHRINE. EXTERIOR IS COVERED WITH COLOURED TILES AND INTERIOR AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF MOSAIC WORK. AUST AND N.Z. TROOPS WALK OVER THE COURTYARD.
JERUSALEM - AUST. AND N.Z. TROOPS WALK ACROSS THE COURTYARD TO THE DOME OF THE ROCK (SOMETIMES CALLED THE MOSQUE OF OMAR). IN THIS COURTYARD, CHRIST DROVE THE MONEY CHANGERS AND MERCHANTS AWAY FROM TH
JERUSALEM - THE DOME OF THE ROCK, ONE OF THE MOST STARTLING PIECES OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD AND A FAVOURITE SPOT FOR SIGHT SEEING DIGGERS ON LEAVE. THE MOSQUE STANDS ON SITE OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOM
THE INTERIOR OF THE DOME OF THE ROCK, TEMPLE AREA, JERUSALEM. (DONATED BY MR. S. DOIG.)
JERUSALEM - A PARTY OF DIGGERS AND NEW ZEALANDERS APPROACH THE "DOME OF THE ROCK" THROUGH ONE OF THE GRACEFUL ARCADED ENTRANCES. BUILT ON THE SPOT WHERE KING DAVID HAD BUILT HIS ALTAR AND WHERE SOLOMO
Jerusalem, Palestine. c. 1916. The Temple Area showing the Dome of the Rock commonly known as the Mosque of Omar. (Donor A. Campbell)
A view of the Dome of the Rock at Al Haram al-Sharif (the Noble Sanctuary) in East Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest site.
