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The Western Wall, also known as the Wailing Wall. |
Called the Wailing Wall because Jews come here to mourn the loss of the Temple. |
The women's section. |
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Praying at a section of the wall away from the crowded Western Wall Plaza. |
More tourists than locals. |
Just in case anyone finds a bomb that's going to detonate soon. |
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Western Wall Plaza. |
Wall is 62 feet high. |
Getting ready for a prayer service. |
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Prayer notes. |
Looking up to the top. |
Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount. |
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Ophel Archaeological Park. |
Al-Aqsa Mosque was built right up against the edge of the Temple Mount. |
Look at all those tour buses. |
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The walls of the Temple. |
A mix of Herodian and Byzantine ruins. |
Looking out over the walls of the Old City. |
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The tourist entrance up to the Temple Mount. |
Mosque windows. |
Remains of an Umayyad palace. |
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Medieval arches. |
What the entrance to the Temple would have looked like. |
What it looks like today. |
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Lizard. |
Fatimid gold coins. |
French Crusader coins. |