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Wailing Wall - Located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. The Temple Mount also holds the Dome of the Rock, one of the most sacred sites in Islam.
The Romans constructed numerous aqueducts to serve any large city in their empire, as well as many small towns and industrial sites. The city of Rome had the largest concentration of aqueducts, with water being supplied by eleven aqueducts constructed over a period of about 500 years. They served drinking water and supplied the numerous baths and fountains in the city.
T h e E x o d u s i s t h e s t o r y o f t h e d e p a r t u r e o f t h e I s r a e l i t e s f r o m a n c i e n t E g y p t d e s c r i b e d i n t h e H e b r e w B i b l e . N a r r o w l y d e f i n e d , t h e t e r m r e f e r s o n l y t o t h e d e p a r t u r e f r o m E g y p t d e s c r i b e d i n t h e B o o k o f E x o d u s ; m o r e w i d e l y , i t t a k e s i n t h e s u b s e q u e n t l a w - g i v i n g s a n d w a n d e r i n g s i n t h e w i l d e r n e s s b e t w e e n E g y p t a n d C a n a a n.
The Bible talks about the many horses and chariots of King Solomon. Archaeologists have uncovered buildings which may be royal stables from this period
T h e T a b e r n a c l e , a c c o r d i n g t o t h e H e b r e w T o r a h / O l d T e s t a m e n t , w a s t h e p o r t a b l e d w e l l i n g p l a c e f o r t h e d i v i n e p r e s e n c e f r o m t h e t i m e o f t h e E x o d u s f r o m E g y p t t h r o u g h t h e c o n q u e r i n g o f t h e l a n d o f C a n a a n .
The Jewish Second Temple was an important shrine which stood in Jerusalem between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It replaced the First Temple which was destroyed in 586 BCE, when the Jewish nation was exiled to Babylon. Both temples were centres of Jewish sacrificial worship and are still most important today in the politics and history of Judaism.