Pinpointing the origins of Jerusalem's Temple Mount (IMAGE)

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Pinpointing the origins of Jerusalem's Temple Mount

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Wilson's Arch excavation area. (A) Map of the old city of Jerusalem and the location Wilson's Arch. Copyrights: Israel Antiquities Authority, 2020. (B) An artistic reconstruction of the Temple Mount in the time of Herod the Great (1st century AD). The arrow points to the arch known today as Wilson's Arch. Copyrights: Ritmeyer Archaeological Design, 2020. (C,D) Photographs of the site. The scale bar in D is 1 meter in length. (E,F) A 3D reconstruction of the site. As the site is under constant renovations, a model is used here to illustrate the location of the various features and strata. A section drawing of strata 1,4,5 was imposed on the Western Wall to illustrate their relative position.

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Regev et al, 2020 (PLOS ONE, CC BY 4.0)

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