[mountainlion]

The Romans tore down the Temple in 70ad to get at the gold that had melted down and gotten between the stones. 500 years later a late comer group calling themselves Muslims build a mosque and deny that the Romans were ever there. Talk about deniers rewriting history.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

*** 500 years later a late comer group calling themselves Muslims build a mosque and deny that the Romans were ever there. ***

A little more complicated. The second Temple was destroyed by the Romans, who later built a temple to Jupiter on the site. This was destroyed to make room for a THIRD TEMPLE built by Julian the Apostate. It was destroyed while under construction.

Then came the moslems.