1244. THE TEMPLE MOUNT, ‘HULDAH GATES’, REMINDS OF THE UPPER LINTEL OF ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES TO HEROD’S TEMPLE FROM THE SOUTH

1323. JERUSALEM, TEMPLE MOUNT, AERIAL VIEW FROM SOUTH/EAST

1324. JERUSALEM, TEMPLE MOUNT, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, AERIAL VIEW 1324. JERUSALEM, TEMPLE MOUNT, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, AERIAL VIEW

1324. JERUSALEM, TEMPLE MOUNT, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, AERIAL VIEW 1324. JERUSALEM, TEMPLE MOUNT, ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, AERIAL VIEW

1327. JERUSALEM, THE TEMPLE MOUNT, ORNAMENTED ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS FOUND IN THE EXCAVATIONS

1396. THE WESTERN WALL TUNNEL, ‘THE LARGE HALL’, THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF THE MADRASA EL-BALADIYYA

1398. THE WESTERN WALL TUNNEL, THE LARGE HASMONEAN AQUEDUCT NEAR THE NORTH/WESTERN CORNER OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT

1399.`THE WESTERN WALL TUNNEL, THE NORTHERN SECTION

1475. HERODIAN TYPE MASONRY FROM THE WESTERN WALL AREA. NOTE THE CARVED FRAME ON EACH STONE WHICH TYPIFIES THE HERODIAN ARCHITECTURE

172. STEPS LEADING UP TO THE ‘GATES OF CHULDAH’, ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES TO HEROD’S TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. JESUS HAS WALKED ON THESE STEPS WHEN HE ENTERED THE TEMPLE GROUNDS

172. STEPS LEADING UP TO THE ‘GATES OF CHULDAH’, ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES TO HEROD’S TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM. JESUS HAS WALKED ON THESE STEPS WHEN HE ENTERED THE TEMPLE GROUNDS

1983. THE TEMPLE MOUNT, THE ‘TRIPLE GATE’ LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN WALL. IT WAS BUILT BY THE CRUSSADERS IN PLACE OF AN EARLYER HERODIAN GATE.

2119. ‘MIKVEH’, THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH PURIFICATION BATH EXCAVATED AT THE SECOND TEMPLE ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS IN JERUSALEM

3126. JERUSALEM – THE TEMPLE MOUNT. HUGE STONES LIE IN HEAPS ON THE ROMAN STREET NEAR ROBINSON’S ARCH. THESE CHISELLED ASHLARS FORMED THE UPPER REACHES OF THE MASSIVE WALL SURROUNDING HEROD’S TEMPLE, ARE WITNESS TO THE GREAT DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM BY THE ROMANS IN 72 A.D.

3636. THE HERODIAN PAVED ROAD ALLONG THE WALL ENCLOSING THE TEMPLE COMPLEX FROM THE WEST

3638. THE TEMPLE MOUNT – THE SOUTH/WESTERN PINNACLE OF THE OUTHERN WALL THAT ENCLOSED THE WHOLE TEMPLE COMPLEX. NOTE THE HUGE STONES FRAMED WITH TYPICAL HERODIAN MASSONRY

373. ROBINSON’S ARCH – LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE WALL ENCLOSING THE TEMPLE MOUNT. THE PICTURE SHOWS WHAT IS LEFT FROM A BROAD ARCHWAY THAT CONECTED THE UPPER CITY OF JERUSALEM WITH ONE OF THE ENTERANCES TO THE TEMPLE PRECINCT.

373. ROBINSON’S ARCH – LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE WALL ENCLOSING THE TEMPLE MOUNT. THE PICTURE SHOWS WHAT IS LEFT FROM A BROAD ARCHWAY THAT CONECTED THE UPPER CITY OF JERUSALEM WITH ONE OF THE ENTERANCES TO THE TEMPLE PRECINCT.

373. ROBINSON’S ARCH – LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE WALL ENCLOSING THE TEMPLE MOUNT. THE PICTURE SHOWS WHAT IS LEFT FROM A BROAD ARCHWAY THAT CONECTED THE UPPER CITY OF JERUSALEM WITH ONE OF THE ENTERANCES TO THE TEMPLE PRECINCT.

375. THE ‘SEAM’ – LOCATED IN THE EASTERN WALL OF THE TEMPLE ENCLOSURE, SHOWS CLEARLY WHERE THE VERY NEAT HERODIAN MASONRY (ON THE LEFT) MEETS PARTS OF THE WALL BUILT EARLYER

375. THE ‘SEAM’ – LOCATED IN THE EASTERN WALL OF THE TEMPLE ENCLOSURE, SHOWS CLEARLY WHERE THE VERY NEAT HERODIAN MASONRY (ON THE LEFT) MEETS PARTS OF THE WALL BUILT EARLYER

3887. TEMPLE MOUNT EXCAVATIONS – SECOND USE OF A HUGE DOOR LINTEL CARVED WITH A CROSS AND THE LETTERS ‘ALPHA OMEGA’, PROBABLY BELONGING TO A CHURCH THAT STOOD IN THE AREA. THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED

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975. THE TEMPLE MOUNT EXCAVATIONS, BYZANTINE PERIOD HOUSES, RECONSTRUCTION