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===al-Kas Fountain===
===al-Kas Fountain===
Fortress Antonia, where Jesus was condemned by Pontius Pilate, was at a higher elevation than the temple, according to Josephus. In modern times, the Dome is the high point of the Temple Mount. If Antonia was located at what is now the Dome, that would place the temple at al-Kas Fountain, according to Tel Aviv architect Tuvia Sagiv. This location is midway between the Dome and al-Aqsa. This area was landscaped and flattened by Hadrian. If the temple was at this site, it is now under 17 meters of earth.<ref name="dolphin"/>
Fortress Antonia, where Jesus was condemned by Pontius Pilate, overlooked the temple, according to Josephus. In modern times, the Dome is the high point of the Temple Mount. If Antonia was located at what is now the Dome, that would place the temple at al-Kas Fountain, according to Tel Aviv architect Tuvia Sagiv. This location is midway between the Dome and al-Aqsa. This area was landscaped and flattened by Hadrian. If the temple was at this site, it is now under 17 meters of earth.<ref name="dolphin"/>
Writing in 400 AD, Jerome says that in his day an equestrian statue of Hadrian stood over the Holy of Holies.<ref>Jerome, ''Commentary on Matthew 24.15'', 400 AD. "the statue of the mounted Hadrian, which stands to this very day on the site of the Holy of Holies."</ref> Hadrian also built a Temple to Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon. The ruins of this temple still stand. If Hadrian's temple in Jerusalem followed a similar plan, this statute was at the site of the fountain.
Writing in 400 AD, Jerome says that in his day an equestrian statue of Hadrian stood over the Holy of Holies.<ref>Jerome, ''Commentary on Matthew 24.15'', 400 AD. "the statue of the mounted Hadrian, which stands to this very day on the site of the Holy of Holies."</ref> Hadrian also built a Temple to Jupiter in Baalbek, Lebanon. The ruins of this temple still stand. If Hadrian's temple in Jerusalem followed a similar plan, this statute was at the site of the fountain.