About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 96. Chapters: Temple in Jerusalem, Dome of the Rock, Western Wall, Al-Aqsa Mosque, Temple Mount and Eretz Yisrael Faithful Movement, Shekhinah, Moriah, Third Temple, Acra, Excavations at the Temple Mount, Solomon's Temple, Wilson's Arch, Royal Stoa, Robinson's Arch, Foundation Stone, Western Wall Tunnel, 1990 Temple Mount riots, Birket Israel, Southern Wall, Ptolemaic Baris, Antonia Fortress, The Temple Institute, Islamization of the Temple Mount, 2009 Temple Mount riots, Gates of the Temple Mount, Struthion Pool, Seven Spirits of God, Dome of the Chain, Golden Gate, Herodian architecture, Huldah Gates, Fountain of Qayt Bay, Solomon's Stables, Temple Mount Antiquities Salvage Operation, Islamic Museum, Dome of the Prophet, Well of Souls, Hall of Hewn Stones, Dome of Yusuf, Hasmonean Baris, Fountain of Qasim Pasha, Holyland Model of Jerusalem, Warren's Gate, Minaret of Israel, Dome of the Ascension, Hekhal, Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, Western Stone, Dome of al-Khalili, Pool of Raranj. Excerpt: For the Emmylou Harris/Linda Ronstadt album, see Western Wall: The Tucson Sessions. The Western Wall (.), translit.: ), Wailing Wall or Kotel (lit. Wall; Ashkenazic pronunciation: Kosel); (Arabic:, translit.: " 'i Al-Bur q," translat.: "The Buraq Wall") is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple's courtyard, and is one of the most sacred sites in Judaism outside of the Temple Mount itself. Just over half the wall, including its 17 courses located below street level, dates from the end of the Second Temple period, having been constructed around 19 BCE by Herod the Great. The remaining layers were added from the 7th century onwards. The Western Wa...
