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The Wailing Wall. Imposing, wall-like, worshipped in a way that seems to jar quite badly with my pre-conceived notions of God-worship. No idols, right? Anyway, it's impressive enough, and it amused me that I could enter where Tamar couldn't (women get a small screened-off section of wall to the far right).


A place of hushed murmuring, candles and cold stone; site of Christ's sepulchre.
Ohad told a tale of one sect barricading itself in and changing all the locks overnight. The police were summoned, but were powerless as they couldn't damage a protected building! Drawn-out negotiations led to a resolution, but it's an apt illustration of the constant sectarian tensions at work.
Depicted: The slab where Jesus was laid out prior to burial; The sepulchre; The roof.