THE NATIO GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE DECEMBER, 1927 = CONTENTS TWENTY-FOUR PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN FULL COLOR The Pageant of Jerusalem With 56 Iilustrations MAJOR EDWARD KEITH-ROACH Color Records from the Changing Life of the Holy City With 27 Autochromes MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS East of Suez to the Mount of the Decalogue With 33 Ittustrations MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS The Geography of Money With 31 Illustrations WILLIAM ATHERTON DU PUY PUBLISHED BY THE. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY HUBBARD MEMORIAL HALL WASHINGTON, D.C,YOUR GIFT ~ THE WATCH HAT gift offers more than a beautiful Lon- gines, the most honored watch in the world! Great government observatories classify Longines first in nc- curacy, At international ex: hibitions, Nine Grand Prizes have been bestowed upon Longines for beauty. Lon gines are chosen wherever accuracy is indispensable —on trans-Atlantic 5, scientific. expe- A. WITTNAUER CO Easabhed yy AL THAT IS WORLD FAMOUS! Et ditions, the U.S. Torpedo Boat Service. And in the lives of men and women Longines are daily provid- Observatory accuracy. There is a Longines that meets your gift require- ments. Prices start from $35 for filled cases and go up to $3,500 for diamond setcases. At better jewel- ers everywhere. May we give you the name of the one nearest you? Roisin top and 18 ie white gold, diamond vec Oficial Government Observatory ‘Awards im Accuracy Conte: Sew Yous Mosirasas Gentiva 1886 siamunstoy, beLu, Vou. No.6 WASHINGTON Deceaurr, 1927 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC] ‘MAGAZINE TH The Capital PAGEANT OF JERUSALEM of the Land of Three Great Faiths Is Still the Holy Gity for Christian, Moslem, and Jew By Mayor Enwarp Kerri-Roacu, O. B. E. Depaty) District Commissioner, Jerusalem’ Division Avra oe Anvestimes Aisa tng ‘Lore Temes on Tat Nant Nasreay Dukene,” om civ Mecariiee With JUvstrations from Photographs hy Maynard Owen Williams, Stage Representative, National Geographic Mugazine ‘© CITY in the world has had so rmuich written about it as the Holy City; none is more worthy of de- iption, ‘Fourteen times destroyed ; each time has it raised its dignified head in triumph, Tis vente of the Land of Thtee Faiths ng its pos pers, Byzantine ectiire, bint ly sheer y: Centuries of religions fervor, of historical event, of great actions, have given it distinction, Almost as sacred in the eyes of the Moslems as are Mecca and Medina, Jern- salem i a! place of pilgtiinage fe the Moslem world. Far the Jewish people it is the City of Cities, toward which their thoughts ever tim, It ix the first city Christians hear of at their mather’s knee, THE OL) JERUSALEM AND THE NEW Jernsalem stands upon two hills, with a slope to the east, facing the sunrise and the desert.* Ravines have determined the Ising. Over Exypt, Sinai, ing Dawn Upon the Holy Land During an Air Journey of Two aml a Half limits of the city on the east, south, and west. Northward the country is more open and the ancient city tame to my in this direction, ‘To-day the - AIM city af essere tower zat Ha ronfs dotted with domes is being encam- passed by a New Jerusalem, a strikiny contrast of red roofs, but the valleys on its three sides still keep the modern en- eroxichments at a respectful distance. In Palestine all ronds lead to the capital. ‘The smth road; from Beersheba, Hebron; and Bethlehem, joins the eity at the Jaffa Gat Toward the northwest corner of the city wall ris the road from the sea at Jaffa.” At the Damascus Gate ends the great north highway, from Nablus, Naza- reth, and Damascus. Toward the northeast comer, past the Carden of Gethsemane, the. serpentiie. trail climhs the Judean Hills from Jericho and the Dend Sea, at- taining a height of 2,600 feet above sea level, from. 1,300 feet helow, in abut score of miles. Hori from Cairo wo Fernie.” ty Brigadier General PR. C. Groves and Major JR Giike, ite Marae Ohoeante Maat for September, 1936,