We visited this wall that you may have heard of- it's called either the Wailing Wall or the Western Wall. It is the last existing remnant of the famed second temple of Jerusalem, which was demolished in 70 AD by the Romans to end the Jewish revolt.
(Anti Defamation League Disclaimer) I mean absolutely no disrespect to the Jewish people when I say the following:
The civil engineer in me did really enjoy the notion that people pray and revere this fervently what is in fact a retaining wall. Engineers, be proud and do a good job. You never know when you will make something that, 2000 years later, inspires divine feelings galore.
Also, if you are also bemoaning the fate of the wall, don't despair! A group of orthodox Jews and whackjob Christians (many of them American) are hell bent on bringing a third incarnation of the temple back. While this has all kinds of prophetic ramifications which I will not go into here, it would definitely have the redult of detroying the Mosque where Muhammed dreamed of his ascent to heaven. This would, to say the least cause problems.
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