The most dominant feature in the newer part of the city is The Mount of Olives or Mount Olivet.

Mount of Olives is located on the east of Jerusalem. The mountain is named after the olive trees that used to cover its slopes. Mount Olives is holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims, and many religious traditions are tied to it. At the foot of the Mount of Olives is the olive orchard more famously known as the Garden of Gethsemane. The olive orchard was the scene of one of the most dramatic events of Bible History on the night before the Crucifixion.

Golgotha or Calvary is believed to be located just north of the Damascus Gate of the Old City. Its craggy rock side appears very much like an eerie skull face especially when the sun's shadows cross it at particular times of the day. It is known as Gordon's Calvary from Charles Gordon who wrote of it in 1885.

The Garden Tomb is one of the two strongest possibilities for the burial place of Jesus Christ after He was crucified. The interior of the tomb measures 14 feet / 4.3 meters wide, 10 feet / 3.0 meters deep and 7½ feet / 2.3 meters high. Only one of the two graves inside appear to have been used, yet it does not appear as though the body had been left there for very long - there are no bones or other signs of natural decomposition.

In Jerusalem, by the Sheep Gate there is a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-zatha, which has five porticoes. Bethesda, also called Bethsaida and Beth-zatha, in Hebrew meaning house of mercy, was a pool of water that was believed to have healing effects.

The Sheep Gate, also known as Stephen's Gate, or the Lions Gate, is located on the east wall, north of the Temple Mount.