Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Lewis Reich" <lewreich AT javanet.com>]

On 12 Feb 00, at 14:28, Robert Vining wrote:

>  Same for Solomon whose magnificent Temple has left not a trace. 

This is not quite accurate.  We do not know what traces of 
Solomon's Temple are left because the Temple Mount has not 
been archeologically surveyed or excavated. While it would not be 
realistic to expect to find any remnants of its superstructure, in view 
of the First Temple's destruction, and its replacement by later 
buildings, its foundations might be found, as well as the retaining 
walls of the earlier, smaller Temple Mount esplanade.  

Lewis Reich