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Dan Bahat

ANOTHER SMALL CLUE? Approximately 215 feet south of the northwest corner of the Temple Mount, the western wall takes a 90-degree turn to the east for about 10 feet before continuing south again. Netzer explains that this small “jog,” which is visible inside the Kotel Tunnels along the western wall (at left center in the photo), represents the southwest corner of the Antonia, which extended even farther west than Herod’s later western wall expansion (right).