ANCIENT JERUSALEM

This engrossing program focuses on ancient Jewish history in Jerusalem with maps, drawings, computer animation, and interviews with archaeologists. Clear, in-depth explanations focus on political shifts in the city, religious evolutions, and architectural transformations from David’s capture of the city from the Jebusites, to Solomon’s building of the magnificent First Temple, to Herod the Great’s extensive renovation of the Second Temple, to the destruction of the Temple under the Romans. Archaeologists also discuss the properties of the Ark of the Covenant and its possible location under the Temple Mount.