Temple Mount Wall Collapse

Western Wall at Sukkot panorama

The collapsed section is noted by the arrow in this photo taken before the collapse.

 

Collapsed Section

For several years, Israeli archaeologists had warned of an impending collapse of a wall on the Temple Mount.  Ironically, the wall that buckled was a completely different one.  The wall with the bulge was on the south side (see photos here), and this wall is on the west side and is not part of Herod the Great's retaining wall (it's a smaller wall on top of the Temple Mount itself).

Collapsed wall on Temple Mount

 

Collapsed wall on Temple Mount close-up

Close-Up

About 40 square meters (400 sq. feet) of a wall of the Islamic Museum collapsed on Sept 23, 2003.  Archaeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar believes the collapse was caused by illegal and unsupervised construction activity on the Temple Mount.

 

 

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