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Southern Wall
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “wall at the southern end of the temple mount and the former southern side of the second temple”. Today it says “retaining wall of the temple mount at the southern end”.
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Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem Not to be confused with Sculptor Wall . 31°46′32.74″N 35°14′9.98″E  /  31.7757611°N 35.2361056°E  / 31.7757611; 35.2361056 Eastern portion of the Southern Wall of the Temple Mount The Southern Wall ( Hebrew : הכותל הדרומי HaKotel HaDromi ) is the retaining wall of the Temple Mount at the southern end. It was built during King Herod's expansion of the Temple Mount platform southward on to the Ophel .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “wall at the southern end of the temple mount and the former southern side of the second temple”. Today it says “retaining wall of the temple mount at the southern end”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
wall at the southern end of the temple mount and the former southern side of the second temple
Now
retaining wall of the temple mount at the southern end
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