Title from container. Narrator: Edward James Olmos. Originally produced in 1996 as part of The mystic lands television series. "Discovery Education"--Container.
Summary:
Program includes an overview of the eight gates into the Old City; the sealed Mercy Gate; the bustling Damascus Gate; the Temple Mount and the significance of the Western Wall; the observance of rabbinic law, or halakha, of Orthodox Judaism; the Via Dolorosa and the Stations of the Cross; the Church of the Holy Sepulchre and the traditional site of Calvary, where Jesus was crucified; the Dome of the Rock; and the al-Aqsa Mosque's interior, including the site at which Muhammad is believed to have ascended into Heaven.
Series:
Mystic lands : ancient cultures and their sacred beliefs
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