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Where is Jerusalem? / by Ellen Morgan ; illustrated by Stephen Marchesi.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Where is (Grosset & Dunlap) | Who HQ NOWPublisher: New York : Penguin Workshop, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: 106 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
  • cartographic image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593523506
  • 0593523504
  • 9780593523513
  • 0593523512
  • 9781516080090
  • 1516080092
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Where Is Jerusalem? -- Old Versus New -- The Long-Ago Past -- The Western Wall -- A New Religion -- The Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- A New Prophet -- The Dome of the Rock -- Israel -- Layer Cake -- Timelines.
Summary: "In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history--more than five thousand years of complicated history--all of which author Ellen Morgan explains clearly and objectively in this illustrated book"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction New 956.9442 M847 Available 33111011116858
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction New 956.9442 M847 Available 33111011247331
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's NonFiction New 956.9442 M847 Checked out 05/13/2024 33111011151772
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn all about Jerusalem--a sacred city in the Middle East that has existed for over five thousand years.

From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map!

In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history-more than five thousand years of complicated history-all of which author Ellen Morgan explains clearly and objectively in this illustrated book.

Includes bibliographical references (page 106).

Where Is Jerusalem? -- Old Versus New -- The Long-Ago Past -- The Western Wall -- A New Religion -- The Church of the Holy Sepulchre -- A New Prophet -- The Dome of the Rock -- Israel -- Layer Cake -- Timelines.

"In 2005, a group of construction workers in Jerusalem made an incredible discovery. Underneath the parking lot they were digging up lay an ancient city that was built in the tenth century! Three years later, gold coins from an even earlier century were found at the site. The city of Jerusalem is like a layer cake of history--more than five thousand years of complicated history--all of which author Ellen Morgan explains clearly and objectively in this illustrated book"-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-12 Penguin Workshop.

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