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  2. Western Wall - Wikipedia

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    Its most famous section, known by the same name, often shortened by Jews to the Kotel or Kosel, is known in the West as the Wailing Wall, and in Islam as the Buraq Wall (Arabic: حَائِط ٱلْبُرَاق, Ḥā'iṭ al-Burāq ['ħaːʔɪtˤ albʊ'raːq]). In a Jewish religious context, the term Western Wall and its variations is used in ...

  3. International Commission for the Wailing Wall - Wikipedia

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    Western wall commission members 1930. The International Commission for the Wailing Wall [1] (aka 1930 Western Wall Commission) was a commission appointed by the British government, under their responsibilities in the Mandate for Palestine, in response to the 1929 Palestine riots.

  4. Excavations at the Temple Mount - Wikipedia

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    The biggest stone in the Western Wall often called the Western Stone is also revealed within the tunnel and ranks as one of the heaviest objects ever lifted by human beings without powered machinery. The stone has a length of 41 feet (12 meters) and an estimated width between 11.5 and 15 ft (3.5 and 4.6 meters) Estimates place its weight at 550 ...

  5. Walls of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

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    Western Wall – also known as the Wailing Wall, the accessible part of the western retaining wall of the Temple Mount Walls of Jerusalem National Park – a national park in Tasmania , Australia named after the Walls of Jerusalem for having natural rock formations that resemble the Walls

  6. Chinese turn U.S. embassy post into 'Wailing Wall' for stock ...

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    Many Chinese are venting their frustration at the slowing economy and the weak stock market in an unconventional place: the social media account of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing. A post on Friday on ...

  7. Western Stone - Wikipedia

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    The stone is located in a section of the Western Wall (in the broader meaning of the term) north of Wilson's Arch, below ground level, and can be accessed through the Western Wall tunnels. It is part of the "Great Course ", a name used by the WWHF for the tallest and longest course (layer of stones) of the Western Wall. [ 1 ]

  8. Herodian architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Wailing Wall (Western Wall) in Jerusalem was for many years the only section visible of the four retaining walls whose construction was begun by Herod to create a flat platform (the Temple Mount) upon which his Temple was constructed.

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