For several years UCLA’s Urban Simulation Team has been working on a virtual reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount prior to the destruction of A.D. 70. In collaboration with the Israel Antiquities Authority they have put together a display at the Ethan and Marla Davidson Exhibition and Virtual Reconstruction Center in Jerusalem.
Below is a video clip—the model was created by Dr. Lisa M. Synder—showing what the Temple Mount and Herod’s Temple would have looked like in the time of Jesus.
Here’s another one, from sephirot.com:
I always imagined it a bit more crowded. ;P
Cool.
So cool! Thanks for this. We have been going through both Acts and Hebrews. Both refer to the temple repeatedly. Acts mentions Solomon’s Portico a couple times, for example. I was looking for good images and was even searching for a 3D model like this. Thanks!