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A magnificent volume that is also a textbook

a vivid view of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem through the ages, with superb reconstructions of the Temple Mount architecture. The definitive work on the Temple Mount. Shows amazing discoveries and verification of biblical accounts. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of maps, plans, drawings and photographs.

A resource to bring together all that is now known about the development of the manmade plateau that is the focus of the world's interest - The Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Ritmeyer's experience as architect of the Temple Mount Excavations, coupled with his exploration of parts of the Mount and his doctoral research make him singularly qualified for the task.

Comprehensive in scope, the book begins with the Temple Mount at its zenith, under King Herod the Great. Weaving together archaeological data with historical sources, Ritmeyer produces an authoritative and exhaustive reconstruction in word in picture.