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Comment: This is a mikvah (ritual bath) used for ceremonial cleansing. You can still see some of the first century plaster that lined the mikvah to make is waterproof.
This is a shot of the same street as in the previous picture but from the other direction.

Here's a close up of the street. I'm not sure if this image is a testimony to the weight of the Temple stones that fell from above or to the solid foundation of first century streets! In any case it is quite impressive.

Here's a picture of me standing among the large Temple stones. Incidentally, as large as these are, there are much larger stones in the Temple Mount structure. When we went on the Tunnel Tour, which runs north along the Temple Mount wall from the Western Wall to the north corner of the Temple Mount structure, we saw much larger stones than these. For some reason I don't have any pictures of that tour. Our camera must have failed us again which is unfortunate. If you do an internet search for Temple Mount Tunnel Tour you should be able to find some interesting discussion and images.

This is another image of the Temple stones that the Romans toppled. This shot includes more of the northern section of the rock covered street.

I believe these are market stalls. I read one place that they may be currency exchange shops but I can't confirm that. In any case they are directly opposite the rock covered street seen in the last couple of images (i.e. that street is out of view to the left of this image). And yes that's me peeking out.
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This slide show is dedicated to my mother who made possible our summer 2000 visit to Israel.