Explorations in Bible lands during the 19th century - H. V. Hilprecht

DURING 19TB CENTURY: PALESTINE 605
In spite of the claims made by those who advocate the
genuineness of the Church of the
Sepulchre and who contend
for the southward course of the second wall, the
question
must nevertheless be looked upon as still entirely
undecided. Schick rests his theory, that the wall ran south
and east of the Church of the Sepulchre, substantially upon
Russian Exploration near the Holy Sepulchre
the new discoveries which were made by the Russian Palestine
Society in connection with the excavations for the
Hospice east of the Church of the Sepulchre. These are
parts of an ancient ditch hewn out of the natural rock, together
with the remains of walls. Schick regards these as
remains of the second wall and of the city moat. His explanation,
however, is not convincing in itself, and there
stand opposed to it important considerations of a general
nature. The elevation of the modern Golgotha and, more
important still, the dominating hill at the northwest corner