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Is today's Old City of Jerusalem the Jerusalem of the Crusades' period?
Yes. Quite closely resembling:
See that structure in the South-East? The temple mount? That's were the Knights Templar took their name from. This is almost a fixed point in time.
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What would the Arch of Titus have looked like painted?
Last year, a team headed by Steve Fine of the Yeshiva University Center for Israeli Studies in New York which had been examining portions of the arch since 2012 announced:
High resolution three-...
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Is there evidence of a pagan temple on the site of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem that predated the Jewish Temple?
No real evidence, but the area was populated by Pagans prior to 957 BC when David's son Solomon built the first temple.
According to the Smithsonian Magazine in What Is Beneath the Temple Mount?; ...
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What languages were common in first century Jerusalem?
Visitors from other lands
You have listed the most common languages spoken in Jerusalem already -- Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and even some Latin -- but the passage in Acts that you refer to answers ...
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Which fortress east of Ancient Megiddo did Thutmose III go to during the siege?
Thanks to the "heads-up" I got from your comment on my answer to your last question earlier, I had a chance to do some research on this today (although I'm not sure about your page numbering in ...
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Was the Jewish population expelled from the Jerusalem after the siege of 70 AD or after the Bar Kokhba revolt?
The Jewish population was not expelled in 70. At least Josephus, our the main source
on that war does not say this. Jerusalem was destroyed, and the Temple was robbed,
burned and closed (closed few ...
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When was Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians?
According to our present calendar and the most widely accepted chronology the year was 587.
Considering only the date of 607 given by Jehovah's Witnesses: it is quite incompatible with almost ...
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Is today's Old City of Jerusalem the Jerusalem of the Crusades' period?
An addition to other already excellent answers:
The Western "Wailing Wall" is constructed at the very top from smaller stones placed initially by the Roman X legion. However, the large stones below ...
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Is the Western Wall the only remaining portion of the Second Temple?
It's probably more correct to call it part of the Temple complex rather than of the Temple per se, but that's really a matter of definition. The Temple Mount, of which the Western Wall is one of the ...
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Why did Suleiman build walls around Jerusalem?
From Israel's Antiquities Authority:
To this day the reason the city walls were erected are still not known
for certain. It is commonly believed, as E. Schiller and others have
suggested, that the ...
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When was Jerusalem destroyed by the Babylonians?
What makes life a wee bit tricky(!) is that the Bible sometimes gives the year of the reign (eg "in the eighteenth" of King Big-Wig) using the Jewish method of reckoning and sometime gives ...
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Did the Bar Kokhba revolt happen before or after Jerusalem's name was changed to Aelia?
One of the main sources, Cassius Dio, says that Hadrian renamed Jerusalem,
and as a result of this the uprising started:
This source is considered trustworthy in general.
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How did Jerusalem function as an ancient city without a major water source?
From Wikipedia, which is citing Easton's Bible Dictionary, The Gihon Spring was
a reliable water source that made human settlement possible in ancient Jerusalem – the spring was not only used for ...
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Did the Romans reuse crosses for crucifixion punishment or it was one time use (1st century Jerusalem) ? I need verified sources on this
Did the Romans reuse crosses? Yes and no, in all possible senses. The data is unclear; they might have reused some parts and not others; practices probably differed depending on all kinds of contexts.
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Is the Western Wall the only remaining portion of the Second Temple?
Religious tradition indicates that the Western Wall is a relic of the Temple [Midrash Song of Songs, 2-9], although it is not clear in the text whether the Western Wall is actually part of the Temple ...
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Was the Jewish population expelled from the Jerusalem after the siege of 70 AD or after the Bar Kokhba revolt?
According to Josephus's account Jerusalem was razed to the ground & most of those who didn't perish from starvation in the seige were killed defending the Temple.
From what Josephus writes it ...
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What languages were common in first century Jerusalem?
The following languages were commonly spoken in 1st century Jerusalem:
Hebrew
Aramaic-(the language that Jesus spoke)
Greek
Latin
(Other neighboring languages, such as, Egyptian, Phoenician and ...
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At which times did a mainly Jewish sovereign state control Jerusalem?
I am an Ultra Orthodox Hasidic Jew, very well versed in the Talmud and Jewish tradition, and I am seeing here a lot of confusion, so I will try to clarify.
(Note that I tried as much as possible to ...
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