JERUSALEM. 351 
they were restored in the sixteenth century by chap. 
J » J J VIII. 
Solyman the son of Selim, and perhaps have < 
existed from the time of Adrian, must be con- 
vinced that, instead of covering two conspicuous 
hills, Jerusalem now occupies one eminence 
alone ^; namely, that of Moriah, where the 
Temple stood of old, and where, like a Phoenix 
that hath arisen from the ashes of its parent, 
the famous Mosque of Omar is now situate. It 
is probable that the whole of Mount Sion has situation 
been excluded ; and that the mountain covered %on.^^ 
by ruined edifices, whose base is perforated by 
antient sepulchres, and separated from Mount 
Moriah by the deep trench, or Tyropoeon, ex- 
tending as far as the Fountain Siloa, towards 
the eastern valley, is, in fact, that eminence 
which was once surmounted by the " bul- 
warks, towers, and regal buildings" of the 
(3) After the citj- was rebuilt by Adrian, A. D. 137, or 138. (See 
TiUemont, Note 9. sur V Empereur Adrian,) and called ^lia Capito- 
lina, (which name subsisted in the age of Chrysostom, and is still re- 
tained in the country,) the whole of Mount Sion, and not part only, 
was excluded. See the numerous evidences adduced by TiUemont 
{Histoire des Empereurs, torn. IV. p. 294. Paiis, 1702.) who, speaking- 
of Mount Sion, says, " Au milieu du iv. siecle la montagne de Sion estoit 
entierement inhahitte, se labauroit comnie une plaine campagne ;" thereby 
fulfilling the prophecy which declared {Micah iii. 12.) that Zion 
should be " plotved as n field." The authorities referred to hy TiUe- 
mont are derived from Eusebius, Cyril, and the Itinerai-y from Bour- 
deaux to Jerusalem, wuttenk.D.Zi'i. His Note is founded princi- 
pally upon evidences from Jopiscus, Dio Cassius, Jerom, and Eusebius. 
