Classical architecture — Tholos temple, sanctuary of Athena Pronaia; located in Delphi, Greece Classical architecture is a mode of architecture employing vocabulary derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, enriched by classicizing… … Wikipedia
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Second Temple — Model of Herod s Temple (renovation of the Second Temple) in the Israel Museum The Jewish Second Temple was an important shrine which stood on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It replaced the First Temple which was… … Wikipedia
Meleke — in the Western Wall, Jerusalem Meleke (Arabic: ملكي, royal , kingly ) also transliterated melekeh or malaki is a lithologic type of white, coarsely crystalline, thickly bedded limestone found in the Judean Hills in Israel and the … Wikipedia
Architectural style — Architectural styles classify architecture in terms of form, , materials, time period, region, etc. It overlaps with, and emerges from the study of the evolution and history of architecture. In architectural history, the study of Gothic… … Wikipedia
Herod the Great — Herod ( he. הוֹרְדוֹס Horodos , Greek: Polytonic|ἡρῴδης Herōdes ), also known as Herod I or Herod the Great (73 BC – 4 BC in Jericho), was a Roman client king of Judaea. cite web url = http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9040191/Herod title =… … Wikipedia
Herod's Temple — in Jerusalem was a massive expansion of the Temple Mount and construction of a completely new and much larger Jewish Temple by King Herod the Great around 19 BCE. Although the Second Temple was completely removed and a new third temple was built… … Wikipedia
Ehud Netzer — ( he. אהוד נצר) (born 1934) is an Israeli archaeologist and Professor emeritus at the Institute of Archeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The subjects he teaches combine architecture and archeology. An expert on Herodian architecture,… … Wikipedia
Omrit — Located in the northeast corner of the Hulah Valley in Israel/ edge of the Golan Heights, the ancient site of Omrit (also known as Horbat Omrit) sits atop a foothill of Mount Hermon. After a brushfire cleared the area in 1998, excavations led by… … Wikipedia
Jerusalem — Jerusalemite, adj., n. /ji rooh seuh leuhm, zeuh /, n. a city in and the capital of Israel: an ancient holy city and a center of pilgrimage for Jews, Christians, and Muslims; divided between Israel and Jordan 1948 67; Jordanian sector annexed by… … Universalium
