Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 132, December 2015, pp. 1-15.

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A Fish Fossil at the Notre Dame de Sion Ecce
Homo Convent - Antonia Fortress, Old City,
Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied Palestine
‫أحفورة سمكة فلسطينية عند قلعة أنطونيا ، البلدة القديمة ، القدس الشريف ، فلسطين‬

By: Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher KhalafSakerfalke von Jaffa
I visited the Notre Dame de Sion Ecce Homo Convent – Antonia Fortress in the
old city of Al-Quds (Jerusalem), Occupied Palestine, accompanied with my
Jerusalem friend and researcher Mr. Daoud Al-Hali on Monday 21.07.2014.
Inside the Fortress was a small museum. I noticed a Palestinian fish fossil. The
origin was unknown.

A Palestinian fish fossil at the Notre Dame de Sion – Antonia Fortress, Al-Quds
(Jerusalem), Occupied Palestine. Photo: Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf-von
Jaffa. 21.07.2014. https://www.flickr.com/photos/50022881@N00/15214436205/
Notre Dame de Sion Ecce Homo Convent in Jerusalem is the second station of
the cross on Via Dolorosa. It is managed by a sister‟s convent from Europe. It is

Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 132 – December 2015