The map of Jerusalem is one of 363 colored historical maps that appear in the book “Cities of the World,” that was recently published in English by Taschen. Read more at Haaretz.com ...

Not in the traditional sense that the people disappeared or that buildings were left to fall into ruin, but in the sense that a purpose was lost, swallowed by something much bigger, and an identity ...

A map of Jerusalem that was drafted some 190 years ago by a German tourist was recently unearthed by two researchers – one Israeli, the other German – in an archive in Berlin.