Robinson's Arch was a monumental staircase carried by an unusually wide stone arch, which once stood at the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount. It was built as part of the expansion of the Second
Remains of Robinson's Arch above the Herodian street
Proposed reconstruction of Robinson's Arch
Modern view from a similar angle, showing the Western Wall on the left side of the picture and Robinson's Arch on the right
The writing on Robinson's Arch on the western side of the Temple-Mount.
The Royal Stoa was an ancient basilica constructed by Herod the Great during his renovation of the Temple Mount at the end of the first century BCE. Probably Herod's most magnificent secular construct
Proposed reconstruction of the Royal Stoa at the Holyland Model of Jerusalem
Model of the Herodian Temple Mount: Temple (center), Royal Stoa (left), and Antonia Fortress (right)
Southern Wall as depicted at the Holyland Model, showing the Huldah Gates and the Royal Stoa
Silver shekel minted during the Great Revolt. The archaizing, paleo-Hebrew inscription reads: "Shekel of Israel" "Year 3" (obverse); "Jerusalem the Holy" (reverse)