Temple Mount

The Temple Mount, biblical Mount Moriah, is a hill in the Old City of Jerusalem. It is the former site of the Jewish temple built by King Solomon in the mid-tenth century BC. The temple was rebuilt by King Herod of Judea in the first century BC. Jesus was presented at the Herodian temple as a baby and returned as an adult to overturn the tables of the money changers. The Roman commander Titus destroyed this temple in 70 AD during a Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Although the Temple Mount was captured by the Israelis in 1967, it is still managed by an Islamic religious authority called the Waqf. The most prominent buildings on the Temple Mount are the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine built in 687-691, and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, built about 710. As the site of Muhammad's ascension to heaven, Al-Aqsa is considered to be the third holiest site in Islam.

Temple Mount
Arabic name
Arabic	الحر٠القدسي الشريف
Romanization	al-Haram al-Qudsī ash-Sharīf (Noble Sanctuary)
Hebrew name
Hebrew	הר הבית
Romanization	Har ha-Bayit