The orthodox artwork never fails to leave one in wonder... what in the world is that gargoyle-looking guy doing there? Did they run out of coloring?
These same columns were discovered at ancient Pergamos, Turkey at the famous temple of zeus, now being restored at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany, where the gate of ishtar is kept.
Skulls are so famous throughout roman catholicism... our hosts told us of a site here in Bethlehem where Herod buried the remains of all the children under the age of two that he had killed. The remains are accessible only by a key held by a priest.
Wall separating the IsraEli settlements in Bethlehem from the families that grew up on those lands.
