The Western Wall | Judea, 20 AD
Judaism is said to be the world’s second-oldest religion. It originated in the country we know now as Israel where its most important city was, and still is, Jerusalem. In addition to Judaism, this city bears great significance to two other Abrahamic religions: Christianity and Islam, being the location of Abraham’s attempted sacrifice of his son and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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The Jewish people built a temple in Jerusalem several times; the first was built in 957 BC and was destroyed by the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The second temple was built in 20 BC and destroyed by the Roman Empire just 50 years later. Of this second temple, there is only a small section of wall that remains today, which is now known as the Western Wall or the Wailing Wall. It is the holiest site in the Jewish religion, used as both a place of prayer and to mourn the destruction of the temples.
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