So what is the wailing wall?
The wailing wall is the wall at the base of the Dome of the Rock mosque. It’s where Jews go to pray because they think it’s where the original temple was and that’s as close as they can get.
Here are some pics:
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The wailing wall is one of the walls of the Roman fort he says.
All historical accounts DO say the temple was completely destroyed. No one mentioned a wall standing?
What we call the Temple Mount was really the Roman Fortress. The Wailing Wall is the remains of the Roman Fortress walls. Jesus prophesied that Jerusalem would be destroyed and that “not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” (Mark 13:2). The reason the stones around the Temple Mount were not thrown down is because that was the property of Rome where the Roman Legion lived.
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You never heard of the wailing wall?
It is believed to be the only wall left of the original temple, from about 4,000 years ago.
Men pray on one side, ladies on the other.
You can walk up to it, with head slightly bowed, in an act of reverence.
Men and women place written prayers in between cracks, crevices and bricks.
There is one for my Mom in the wall...maybe...that was twenty years ago....
The Jewish Temple is on the left side of the picture in post #4.
The wailing wall is at the top of the right side of the picture/temple mount. The Roman Temple is in the middle of the temple mount.
The Dome of the Rock would be the Roman Fortress of Antonia
The Wailing Wall would be the base of the Roman fort if Cornuke is correct.
Wailing Wall is a retaining wall to make the Temple Mount more level. Easy to see in long shots of the Temple Mount. It is not a freestanding wall of the Temple itself.
Cornuke’s theories are theological, not archaeological.