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Dome (s) 1. The Dome of the Rock ( Arabic: قبة الصخرة, romanized : Qubbat aṣ-Ṣaḵra) is an Islamic shrine at the center of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the world's oldest surviving work of Islamic architecture, the earliest archaeologically attested religious structure to be ...
Excavations in the area represent one of the more sensitive areas of all archaeological excavations in Jerusalem . The term Temple Mount usually refers to the artificially expanded platform at the top of the natural hill and the compound situated there. The compound is delineated by four ancient retaining walls, and is of high religious ...
Dome of the spirits. The Dome of the Spirits ( Arabic: قبة الأرواح, romanized : Ḳubbat al-Arwāḥ) is a small dome resting on an octagonal base, located on the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem . Several theories exist concerning the name of this building; it could be associated with the proximity of the cave of the ...
Foundation Stone. Coordinates: 31.7780°N 35.2354°E. The Foundation Stone in the floor of the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem. The round hole at upper left penetrates to a small cave, known as the Well of Souls, below. The cage-like structure just beyond the hole covers the stairway entrance to the cave (south is towards the top of the ...
Eastern Wall. The Eastern Wall is an ancient structure in Jerusalem that is both part of the eastern side of the city wall of Jerusalem and the eastern wall of the ancient Temple Mount . The Eastern Wall is the oldest of the four visible walls of the Temple Mount; the Northern, Western and Southern Walls date from the period of Herod the Great ...
English: The Domes of Moses (foreground, stone-domed), the Rock (golden-domed), and an-Naḥawiyya (gray-domed) on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Background, left: Qasem Pasha Sabil (green pillars); The Khalwa of the Muezzins (stone domes; the gray finial on top doesn’t belong to it, but to the Dome of the Ascension behind it).
Virtual Jerusalem began providing the service 5 December 1996 (the first night of Hanukkah) by installing a camera on a yeshiva opposite the Western Wall Plaza. The camera started filming all action live except on Shabbat and Jewish festivals. Aish HaTorah provides this service on their site. See also. Placing notes in the Western Wall
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