Images of Herod's Temple from

a Scale Model

Wide angel view of Temple platform.  The court of the Gentiles is on the far left, the fortress Antonia is seen in the upper corner of the extreme right. 

                       
 

Bird's eye view of the court of Women (viz., beyond which women were not allowed to go) in the foreground and the court of Israel and the court of priests in the walled area beyond the semi-circular steps.

 

  
 

View from the southeast, with the fortress Antonia in the far right.

 

  
 

View of "Royal Stoa," the cloistered area at the southern end of the temple abutting the court of the Gentiles.

 

  

 

View of the court of the Gentiles.  The "Royal Stoa" appears in the back.  The two tunnels in the middle of the court of the Gentiles lead down to the two main entrances to the Temple Mount area.