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A trumpeting stone of the temple was found in 1968 near Robertson Arch near the southwest corner of Temple Mount. As the stone fell off the Western Wall in the first century, the discovery confirms that this wall, where today's Jews go to pray, was a part of the Herodian temple. If we follow the dimensions given by Josephus, the temple extended 1 furlong in both directions from the southwest corner. This would put the temple of the west side of al-Aqsa, according to Norma Robertson.

A trumpeting stone of the temple was found in 1968 near Robertson Arch near the southwest corner of Temple Mount. As the stone fell off the Western Wall in the first century, the discovery confirms that this wall, where today's Jews go to pray, was a part of the Herodian temple. If we follow the dimensions given by Josephus, the temple extended 1 furlong in both directions from the southwest corner. This would put the temple of the west side of al-Aqsa, according to Norma Robertson.

The Temple Mount was extended southward both by the Hasmoneans and by Herod. So the present southwestern area is unlikely to have been part of Solomon's Temple.<ref name=barton/> Based on digs just south of the southern wall, archaeologists believe that what is now al-Aqsa was the site of Herod's Royal Stoa. This was a government building along the south wall of the Temple Mount that housed the bureaucracy and courts of the kingdom. Reused cedar timber from the Stoa was found in al-Aqsa.

The Temple Mount was extended southward both by the Hasmoneans and by Herod. So the present southwestern area is unlikely to have been part of Solomon's Temple.<ref name=barton/> Based on digs just south of the southern wall, archaeologists believe that what is now al-Aqsa was the site of Herod's Royal Stoa. This was a government building along the south side of the Temple Mount that housed the bureaucracy and courts of the kingdom. Reused cedar timber from the Stoa was found in al-Aqsa.

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