Word: haramesh
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...past year. Of unusual interest are three large models of well known Jewish and Egyptian buildings, the work of the German archaeologist, Dr. Contra Schick, which have been placed on exhibition in the Palestinian room and in the hall of the top floor. One, the copy of the Haramesh-Sherif at Jerusalem, which is the result of actual measurements and careful observation, represents the present condition of the plateau where once stood the ancient Temple of Solomon, and also shows the Mosque of Omar, which, it is believed, occupies the site of Solomon's altar of burnt offerings. Another model...
...original Assyrian inscription from King Assurnazirkal (9th century B. C.) on an elaborate slab about three feet square, and three models made at Jerusalem by Dr. Schick, a German archaeologist, who lived and studied in that city for fifty years. The model of chief value is one of Haramesh-Sherif, nine feet by eleven, and is an exact representation of the mosques and other buildings occupying the site of Solomon's Temple and Palace. The second model, of the same size, is a restoration of the Temple of Solomon and The Temple of Herod, while the third, considerably smaller, represents...
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