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A group of Jews visiting Kivrei Tzadikim in Morocco were surprised to find what appears to be a full size replica of the Beis Hamikdosh in Ouarzazate, a desert town about 100 miles east of Merrakech.

Video: Beis Hamikdosh Replica Discovered in Morocco

A group of Jews visiting Kivrei Tzadikim in Morocco were surprised to find what appears to be a full size replica of the Beis Hamikdosh in Ouarzazate, a desert town about 100 miles east of Merrakech.

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  • AC

    Amazing!! Moraccans have such a rich Jewish tradition that produced some of the greatest Torah giants.

  • amazing

    wow so beautiful it really does look like the beis hamikdosh, is it the first time that this was discovered?

  • qkfngers

    And…what’s the rest of the story? how old is this? who built it? Has no one ever seen this before? how did these guys just come upon it?
    Answers anyone???

  • Big Deal

    They use it for movies. Wiki: “Atlas Studios is one of the largest movie studios in the world. Several historical movies were shot here, including Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra, Lawrence of Arabia, The Man Who Would Be King, Kingdom of Heaven and Babel.”

  • Scary

    Very moving and had me in tears. Even if it’s a fake movie set.
    Imagine being there on Tisha B’av….

  • Film Prop

    “Atlas Studios is a film studio located 5 kilometers west of the city of Ouarzazate, Morocco … Many sets from the filming of various movies remain in place, and because of this, the studio also operates with guided tours and has become a popular tourist destination”.

  • Very cool

    But even if they used it for filming, you’d think they’d want accuracy. Like the “mizbeach” having steps (and wide ones at that). It’s still rather cool to get it on such a scale. If you’re not looking for details, it’s not that bad.

  • Anonymous

    This is NOT from a film studio. I’ve been looking at Google maps and it does not look like anything nearby those film studios….I’m still looking for it, so if you know what the longitude and latitude coordinates are, I would be happy to see where exactly this “replica” is. :)

  • REBECCA

    BEIS HAMIKDOSH MOROCCO A DESERTED ONCE JEWISH COMMUNITY
    THE TEMPLE RESEMBLES TEMPLE THE JEWISH PEOPLE WOULD WANT BUTS ITS ALREADY BUILT IN THIS DESERTED COMMUNITY.

  • yechi hamelech

    This must the bais hamikdosh omead umishuclol milmaloh because it is thousands of years old just look at it. Also the pososle mizbeach that the arabs built there is only there so that we don’t take it to yerusholayim until moshiach comes. You think a giant whole in the wall would only be 60 yo???? Shomei shomayim!!!

  • To sorry yechi hamelech

    Its very wrong that crownheights.info would try to be matteh yidden to think that these jews found a real bais hamikdosh the article is very misleading. The video itself is misleading. They should have put up a disclaimer.

  • Completely off

    Spec. Lo taalu bmaalos al mizbchi and in general the whole design and perportion

  • AND...

    From the following link:
    “We went to the old Atlas Studios, which is stuffed with 30-year-old sets. Ridley Scott (pictured with Christian and Body of Lies crew) built Jerusalem for Kingdom of Heaven here.”
    http://www.thelocationguide…

  • Daniel Wright

    This is exactly WHERE it is located. Use Google EARTH to see it. Compare [as I did] what you see in the video and you will see that it is indeed the set!

    LATITUDE: 30°54’39.62“N
    LONGITUDE: 6°59’51.67”W