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Significant elements of King Herod the Great’s building projects from the late first century BC still survive, particularly the massive retaining walls and platforms he constructed. Although the Second Temple was destroyed by the Romans in AD 70, the expanded Temple Mount endured. Today, the Western Wall—along with parts of the Southern Wall, ancient gates, arches, and underground structures—stands as lasting evidence of Herod’s remarkable engineering | Fridean D Shira