这是我在耶路撒冷圣殿山地区的手绘集。

这是一座三面有山谷的小山丘，还有一座更高的山丘在东面，橄榄山。这只是一个普通的不过的山丘。在山脚下有一个水源，使人们能够在这个地区定居，在顶部有一个平坦的岩石露头，人们用它作为打谷场。
大卫选择耶路撒冷作为他的首都，之后所罗门就在他宫殿的北边建了一座圣殿。这座小山围了起来，填平了。第一座圣殿不是一个巨大复杂。但这个名字被创造出来：圣殿山。

在历史上，第一座圣殿在公元前586 - 7年被巴比伦人毁坏，后来在515BC重建了几代，直到希律王（他是耶稣出生时的统治者）。他决定翻修和扩建圣殿山，开始了大规模的建设。他建造了一个巨大的平台，采用了石拱的罗马技术，又在圣殿山周围有精美的石头作为挡土墙。
这堵墙一直存在到今天。当你在这个地区走走时，你仍然可以看到2000年前希律时代的大块石头。

犹太人起义反对执政的罗马人，耶路撒冷在70年又遭到袭击，圣殿的毁灭。公元130年又一次发生犹太人的第二次起义，罗马人于是不允许任何犹太人居住在耶路撒冷，　犹太人再次流亡外地。耶路撒冷掌握在外邦人手中。罗马人甚至在那里修建了一座神庙，以纪念他们的神。

然后在7世纪，穆斯林占领了整个地区。他们在691年修建了圆顶巨石。多年来这座神殿被战争和地震破坏后又修建，直到今天仍然存在。

This is the collection of my sketches on the Temple Mount area in Jerusalem.

It was a small hill with valleys on three sides, and a much taller hill, Mount Olives to the east. It was just a common non-distinguishable hill. There was a water source at the foot of the hill, which enabled people to settle in the area, and a flat rock outcrop at the top which people used as a threshing ground.
That was before David chose Jerusalem as his capital, then Solomon built a temple to the north of his palace. The hill was built up and flatten. The first Temple was not a huge complex. And the name was coined: the Temple Mount.

Further down in history, the First temple was destroyed by the Babylonians in 586-7BC, got rebuilt a couple of generations later in 515BC, which last till King Herod (He was the ruler at the time of Jesus' birth.) He decided to renovate and expand the Temple Mount, and started a massive construction. He built a huge platform , usually Roman technology of stone arching, and had beautifully crafted stone acting as retaining wall all around the Temple Mount.
This wall survived until today. When you walk around the area, you can still see the large block of stones from Herod's time 2000 years ago.

The Jews revolted against the ruling Romans, and Jerusalem was attacked and the Temple destroyed again in 70AD. After another Jewish Second revolt in 130AD, the Romans exiled and did not allow any Jews to live in Jerusalem. Jerusalem was in the hands of the Gentiles. The Romans even built a temple there to honor their gods.

Then in 7th century, the Muslims took over the entire area. They built the Dome of the Rock in 691. This shrine over the years was damaged by wars and earthquakes, and it survives until today.