is a remnant of King Herod's renovation of the Second Temple and dates back to the first century B.C. Millions of pilgrims (Jewish and non-Jewish) make their way to the Western Wall each year to ...

We enter the Old City through the Dung Gate and then arrive at the Western Wall plaza. When the Romans destroyed Herod’s temple in A.D. 70, they knocked the retaining wall down piece by piece.

Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tuesday for the traditional Priestly Blessing, a ...

dates from the end of the Second Temple period, being constructed around 19 BCE by Herod the Great. The remaining layers were added from the 7th century onwards. The Western Wall refers not only ...

The Western Wall is the holiest place where Jews pray. It was erected as part of King Herod the Great’s expansion of the Second Temple, initiated in 19 b.c. The Romans destroyed the Temple in ...

Today worshippers pray at the base of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the only remains of Herod’s expansion of the Second Temple, which was later destroyed by the Romans in A.D. 70. Photograph by ...

The “Birkat Cohanim,” or Cohen’s blessing, is a ritual dating back to over 2,500 years ago when King Solomon’s Temple stood on the same site.

The third time, it had been rebuilt by Herod the ... paid to the temple were now paid to Rome, and the Jewish tradition of worshipping in the temple was over. With only the Western Wall remaining ...

The Old City is home to many of Jerusalem's most sought-after attractions, including the Western Wall, the Church of ... Damascus Gate, Herod's Gate, Lions' Gate, Dung Gate, Zion Gate, and Jaffa ...