Israel, Jerusalem

PIP1 another dromedary waiting near the Jerusalem Wall. PIP 2 Goinghome after no more tourists are coming. _Wikipedia says: The word camel is derived via Latin: camelus and Greek: κάμηλος (kamēlos) from Hebrew or Phoenician: gāmāl Used informally, "camel" (or, more correctly, "camelid") refers to any of the seven members of the family Camelidae: the dromedary, the Bactrian, and the wild Bactrian (the true camels), plus the llama, the alpaca, the guanaco, and the vicuña (the "New World" camelids).

Donkeys in the old city of Jerusalem, in 1970

Wikipedia: Damascus Gate, also called Nablus Gate and the Gate of the Pillar, is the largest and most impressive of the entrances into the Old City, and the most heavily used entrance into the Muslim Quarter. The gate opens onto Nablus Road, which leads to the city of Nablus (Neopolis to the Romans), and, eventually to Damascus. The gate was constructed upon the remains of ancient gates built since the Second Temple Period.

They are not looking at cellphones!

The Cardo is depicted in the Madaba Map, part of a floor mosaic dated to the 6th century. It was comprised of a central lane, open to the sky, for the passage of carriages and animals, flanked on each side by colonnaded covered walkways for pedestrians. The road is paved with stone slabs and is 22.5 meters wide. In some sections of the Cardo, excavations revealed covered stalls and workshops that stood alongside the walkways.

The original gates to the Knesset complex were designed by sculptor David Palombo. The gates are a memorial for the destruction of world Jewry during World War II by the Nazi regime. The gates were moved in 2007 so that they are now a stand-alone structure. The Knesset;The Parliament, lit. "the gathering" or "assembly" is the unicameral national legislature of Israel.

The Shrine of the Book (Hebrew: היכל הספר‎, Heikhal HaSefer) is a wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Hebrew Bible is the cornerstone of the Jewish people and this fundamental text has left its imprint on Christianity and Islam. The Shrine of the Book was built as a repository for the first seven scrolls discovered at Qumran in 1947. The unique white dome embodies the lids of the jars in which the first scrolls were found. In the back you see the Knesset Parliament. PIP the usual photo of the Knesset

Another sculpture whose author I don´t know. Does anybody recognize it?

I could not find who made the impressive sculpture. Can anybody help?

Rodin´s Adam seems to be pointing to the bronze statue of Balzac, which was stolen in 1911 during the renovation of the Museum When Honoré de Balzac died, the city fathers commissioned a great bronze statue of the realist Balzac. Balzac was renowned for his larger-than-life personality and for his exuberant personal life. The commissioners of the sculpture found an equally over-the-top realist sculptor to make the statue, Auguste Rodin. Rodin tracked down every daguerreotype and drawing of Balzac. He interviewed Balzac’s mistresses and intimates and went to Balzac’s tailor for exact measurements. He took casts from Balzac’s death mask and did everything but exhume his corpse . Then Rodin made a brash sculpture of the great novelist standing nude, with his legs apart and his arms crossed, brooding upon the human comedy.