Western Wall

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.
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.
Western Wall Plaza. Wall is 62 feet high. Getting ready for a prayer service.
Prayer notes. Looking up to the top. Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount.
Ophel Archaeological Park. Al-Aqsa Mosque was built right up against the edge of the Temple Mount. Look at all those tour buses.
The walls of the Temple. A mix of Herodian and Byzantine ruins. Looking out over the walls of the Old City.
The tourist entrance up to the Temple Mount. Mosque windows. Remains of an Umayyad palace.
Medieval arches. What the entrance to the Temple would have looked like. What it looks like today.
Lizard. Fatimid gold coins. French Crusader coins.

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