The authenticity of the western wall has been confirmed by tradition history and archaeological research.
The temple mount and western wall.
The wall dates from about the 2nd century bce though its upper sections were added at a later date.
Jerusalem s old city and the western wall on june 7 th 1967.
Loewenberg notes the area was previously unknown to the jews.
It is the only remains of the second temple of jerusalem held to be uniquely holy by the ancient jews and destroyed by the romans in 70 ce.
The temple mount refers to the elevated plaza above the western wall in jerusalem that was the site of both of judaism s ancient temples.
You hear the footsteps of israeli soldiers as they draw closer and closer and as general uzi narkiss instructs them and asks to be.
The liberation of the temple mount and western wall june 7 1967 category the six day war.
In 1546 an earthquake devastated the region and damaged the temple mountand the surrounding area.
The western wall is one of the four supporting walls of the temple mount that remained intact after the destruction of the second beit hamikdash the second temple.
The whole area is steeped in history for both religions and the significance to their faiths is huge.
The western wall s holiness in judaism is a result of its proximity to the temple mount.
The temple mount and western wall are two icons of the city of jerusalem and are symbols of two different religions.
Jewish people pray at the western wall which is structurally a retaining wall for temple mount.
For muslims temple mount is also known as the noble sanctuary or haram al sharif.
You hear the sounds of gunfire.
Suleyman ordered the rubble of homes adjacent to the western wall to be cleared for a prayer site for the jews.
It is the wall that faces westward and it is the closest in proximity to the site of the holy of holies the most sacred location in the temple for the jewish people.