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Tyropoeon Valley: (i.e., "Valley of the Cheesemongers"), the name given by Josephus the
historian to the valley or rugged ravine which in ancient times
separated Mount Moriah from Mount Zion. This valley, now filled up
with a vast accumulation of rubbish, and almost a plain, was spanned
by bridges, the most noted of which was Zion Bridge, which was
probably the ordinary means of communication between the royal palace
on Zion and the temple. A fragment of the arch (q.v.) of this bridge
(called "Robinson's Arch"), where it projects from the sanctuary wall,
was discovered by Robinson in 1839 This arch was destroyed by the
Romans when Jerusalem was taken. The western wall of the temple area
rose up from the bottom of this valley to the height of 84 feet, where
it was on a level with the area, and above this, and as a continuance
of it, the wall of Solomon's cloister rose to the height of about 50
feet, "so that this section of the wall would originally present to
view a stupendous mass of masonry scarcely to be surpassed by any
mural masonry in the world."
