Room 9 ~ The "Hadrian"
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Exhibit 9a- Hadrian. The Roman emperor, Hadrian,
built a temple to "avodah zora" on top of Har
HaBayis about 60 years after the "churban." It was
during the reign of Hadrian that the Bar Kokhba revolution
took place.
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Exhibit 9b- Dedicatory Plaque. A dedication plaque for
Hadrian's temple was set into that building. When Hadrian's pagan temple
was destroyed, around the year 325 CE, by the Christian Byzantines, the
plaque was thrown off the mountain. It was later found by the Moslems and
was used to repair the Southern Wall of Har HaBayis. It was
placed in the wall upside down where it remains today. (See Room 33.)
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