This is a photo of Ein Rogel taken in 1857 by the British photographer Francis Frith (1822-1898), who took many pictures of the Middle East. The photo shows a mostly rocky and uncultivated mountainous area. On the left side of the photograph there is an olive grove and in the foreground there is a dilapidated stone structure. The walls of the Old City of Jerusalem built by the Ottomans in 1538 can be seen in the background with the dome of the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount rising above them. On the left hand side of the photo is the City of David.
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Ein Rogel - Ein Rogel is an ancient spring in the fields of ancient Jerusalem, mentioned in the Bible many times as a landmark between the boundaries of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and as the site of many events during the reign of King David. According to the Bible, the spring is south of the Temple Mount where the Kidron and Hinnom Valley meet. Ein Rogel was the hiding place of David’s spies, Jonathan and Ahimaaz (2 Sam. 17:17).
