Exhibit 32a- Southern Wall. The drawing shows the
Southern Wall of Har HaBayis as it looked in the time of the
Bais Hamikdash. Note the location of the Triple Gate and the
Double Gate.
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Exhibit 32b- Triple Gate Today. This was the main entrance into the
Holy Temple.
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Exhibit 32c- Triple Gate in Nineteenth Century. Chazal call the
Triple Gate and the Double Gate the Chuldah Gates. Chuldah HaNavi'ah
sat near here during the final years of the First Bais HaMikdash
admonishing the Jewish women.
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Exhibit 32d- Ruins in Front of the Triple Gate. The gateway has been
blocked up by the Moslems. In Temple times these gateways led into 300
foot long tunnels that surfaced on the top of Har HaBayis.
We shall see these tunnels later on in Rooms 45 & 46.
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Exhibit 32e- Triple Gate. The original Triple Gate had rectangular
openings. See Exhibit 34a above. In the 13th century, the
Crusaders altered the structure so it would have arched lintels.
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