WATCH: 3 Little-Known Facts About the Western Wall

Archaeologists and scholars continue to provide vast information about the Old City of Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the Jewish people.

The Kotel – Western Wall – is the most popular holy site today, where visitors from diverse faiths and nationalities go to pray each year.

Archaeologists have made amazing discoveries in the tunnels below, where many tours are available.

In fact, they continue to find evidence of Jerusalem’s centrality to Jewish life for thousands of years.

Find out what was happening at the location of the Western Wall plaza two-thousand years ago, when the Holy Temple stood. Learn three significant facts about the Kotel that you may not know!

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