Before the Dome of the Rock we see today, there was another temple built on the Temple Mount aside from the Jewish Temple. This temple was built by the roman Hadrian and for a long time there was no archaeological evidence besides a few historical records. However the modern walls of the Temple mount give us a clue. During periods of war and conquest, the walls around Jerusalem were often destroyed and rebuilt with the materials available, often from previous fortifications. If you look up at the Double Gate, you will find one of these reused stones with a peculiar inscription.
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- Copy of Dio Cassius’ Roman History from the John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library, Public Domain, https://archive.org/details/tondionostoukass00cass/page/n15/mode/2up
- Translation of Dio Cassius’ Roman History from volume 8 (books 61-70) from Loeb Classical Library in 9 volumes, Public Domain, https://archive.org/details/DioCassiusRomanHistory9books7180WithIndices/Dio%20Cassius%20Roman%20History%208%20%28books%2061-70%29/page/446/mode/2up
- Translation of Bordeaux Pilgrim by Andrew S. Jacobs, CC-BY NC 4.0, http://andrewjacobs.org/translations/bordeaux.html
- Commentary on Matthew by St Jerome, translated by Thomas P. Scheck, Copyright © 2008, The Catholic University of American Press, https://docslib.org/doc/1791356/st-jerome-commentary-on-matthew or https://archive.org/details/commentaryonmatt0000jero/page/n7/mode/2up
CREDITS: Statue of Jupiter photographed by Biser Todorov, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=73898497 | Manuscript background photograph by Mark Rasmuson on Unsplash | Stock Music provided by mv_production, from Pond5
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