Solomon's Stables

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Solomon's Stables (Hebrew: ????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Muslim prayer hall, about 600 square meters in the area, beneath the staircase that leads from the Aqsa Mosque, beneath the Temple Mount, to the southern wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Solomon's Stables is located below the southeast corner Temple Mount, 12 ½ feet below the yard and has twelve rows of pillars and arches In December 1996 Waqf converted the area into a prayer hall by adding lights and floor tiles, and named it in Marwani Prayer Hall (Arabic: ? ????? ???????? ?).

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History

This structure is most widely said to have been built by King Herod as part of the expansion of the Temple Mount platform to the south to Ophel. Herodian engineers built large platforms as a series of domed arches to reduce the pressure on retaining walls. These domes, "supported by eighty-eight pillars that rely on giant Herodian blocks and split into twelve rows of galleries", were originally the reservoirs of the Second Temple. Most of the original interior survives in the Herodian staircase area, though not in the area that is now renovated for use as a mosque. Visitors are rarely allowed to enter the area with Herodian touch.

The cellar for the most remains unoccupied except for the Crusader period. The Crusaders transformed it in 1099 to stabilize it for the cavalry. The ring to tether the horse can still be seen on several pillars. This structure has been called Solomon's Solomon since the time of the Cross as a historical composite. 'Solomon' refers to the First Temple built on the site, while 'stables' refer to the functional use of space by the Crusaders during the Baldwin II (King Jerusalem 1118-1131 CE).

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Modern construction of El-Marwani Mosque

In the winter of 1996, the Islamic Waqf of Jerusalem obtained permission to use the Solomon Cage as an alternative shrine for the occasional rainy day of the holy month of Ramadan. However, Rivka Gonen stated that the real reason is that the Palestinians fear that once the final arrangement with Israel is reached, Israel will create a place of prayer there. Then the wakaf states that it aims to build a mosque for 10,000 worshipers, making it the largest mosque in the country. The move is designed to strengthen Muslim claims over the Temple Mount.

In severe violations of the status quo, wakaf began digging large holes in the southeastern region of Temple Mount, without permission from the municipality of Jerusalem or archaeological supervision using tractors and heavy vehicles. This action has drawn criticism from archaeologists, who say archaeological finds are being damaged in the process and the excavations undermine the stability of the Southern Wall. Excavations are thought to be responsible for creating large bulges that are visible on the Wall that threaten the structural integrity of the Temple Mount, which requires major repairs. Improvements have been called "unsightly" as they appear as a large, bright, white patch of fine stone on the wall of a rusted ashlar golden tan. In December 1996 the new mosque was officially inaugurated as the El-Marwani Mosque.

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Alternative history from Solomon's Stables

Jordanian scholar Raef Yusuf Najm argues that the mosque was originally a water reservoir built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the second century, along with a stone wall that surrounds Al-Aqsa Mosque. "The overall structure is very similar to the Roman Ramla reservoir with pillars and stone intersections that the reservoir was built at the same time as the clear wall because the south and east wall of the reservoir is a continuation of the surrounding wall Aqsa Mosque, Instead of an addition built long after walls, reservoirs are built at the same time, as can be deduced from the incorporation of stones.This reservoir is used to collect water flowing into it from the surrounding area, through horizontal aqueduct Made of stone and inserted into a vertical channel in the outer wall of the reservoir. One of these vertical canals can still be seen today and is located at the level of the main entrance of the Marwani mosque, semi-circled and lined with a Roman limestone mixed with clay and sand.The stone floor is made of stone but covered with layers, a layer of mud that has accumulated over the years. "

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Artifact

The land removed from the excavation was dumped near the Mount of Olives and a rescue operation, Temple Screening Project, was conducted to screen debris for archaeological remains. Many important discoveries have emerged. The Israeli Antiquities Authority issued a report in 1999. According to this report:

• 14 percent of date shards to the First Temple period
• 19 percent to the Second Temple period
• 6 percent to Roman period
• 14 percent to Byzantine period
• 15 percent to the early Muslim period and the Middle Ages
• 32 percent can not be identified.

In a June 2000 interview with the Jerusalem Post, the chief archaeologist said that his colleagues examined the material extracted from "before or after excavation" and "found nothing interesting".

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References

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External links

• An interior view (Arabic) video
• Solomon's Stables and South Gate

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