381 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Note
Translation of: Ḥafirot Har ha-Bayit.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page [381]).
Contents
Introduction -- 1. A Dig is Born -- 2. Remains from the Kingdom of Judah -- 3. The Persian and Hasmonean Eras -- 4. Herod's Monumental Enterprise -- 5. The Walls of the Temple Mount -- 6. The Streets and Drainage System -- 7. The First Overpass in History -- 8. The Gates of the Temple Mount -- 9. Daily Life in the Second Temple Period -- 10. Public Building and Institutions -- 11. Roman Jerusalem -- 12. Jerusalem Under Christian Rule -- 13. The Age of Byzantine Splendor -- 14. The Byzantine Residential Quarter -- 15. Between the Cross and the Crescent -- 16. The Start of the Moslem Age -- 17. The Omayyad Era -- 18. The Days of the Abbasids and the Fatimids -- 19. A Cross on the Temple Mount -- 20. In the Shade of the Crescent Again -- 21. An Archaeological Garden -- Selected Bibliography