Archaeological Garden

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Saturday we found this Archaeological Garden down the street from our house. The ruins of this large building are supposed to be from the 7th or 8th century BC, the time of King Hezekiah's reign. We really didn't know what we were looking at, but we found it very interesting to see something so ancient.

While we were walking along the paths of this garden I also found some plants that I found very interesting. Look at the thorns on this bush and on this flower.
The Crown of Thorns that was placed on Jesus' head must have been made from plants in this area. I wonder if these kinds of plants were used? Some of these thorns were almost 2 inches long! Oh, the things that our Lord suffered for us!

I also snapped this shot of Bethlehem.
I don't know exactly what I'm looking at in this picture, but it is Bethlehem. I live within walking distance of the birthplace of Christ---pretty neat, huh? It's too bad we can't go there. All U.S. Consulate employees are forbidden to go there because it is considered too dangerous. :(
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BTW----if you happened to read this post earlier than you will notice some changes......there was a mistake in it, if you even noticed it. It was late and I wasn't thinking clearly. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then I guess you'll always wonder!! I'm not going to embarrass myself again on purpose!! :)