A number of archaeological excavations at the Temple Mount—a celebrated and contentious religious site in the Old City of Jerusalem—have taken place over the last 150 years. Excavations in the area re
Excavations adjacent to Robinson's Arch
Robinson's Arch: the springers are still jutting out of the Western Wall
Concrete supports in the tunnel.
Plan of The Noble Sanctuary (Haram al-Sharif) from "The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem" by Charles Warren
Wilson's Arch (Jerusalem)
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Wilson's Arch is the modern name for an ancient stone arch in Jerusalem, the first in a row of arches that supported a large bridge connecting the Herodian Temple Mount with the Upper City on the oppo
Western Wall, with the passage leading to Wilson's Arch on the left, in 2006
Torah Ark inside men's section of Wilson's Arch.
Wilson's 1871 diagram
Sketch of Wilson's discovery