This post should probably be Time Travelers, but the time traveler is off researching somewhere in the past, so it will get posted here instead.
According to the Biblical account, King Solomon, the son of David, built the first temple in Jerusalem where the Ark of the Covenant resided until it mysteriously disappeared after King Solomon's death.
Supposedly the temple was a magnificant showplace constructed of cedar from the forests of Lebanon with an interior of bronze, gold, and silver as well as other precious jewels.

Because for centuries no archeological evidence could be found to support the existence of the Temple, people questioned its existence and often spoke of David and Solomon as symbolic characters representing the various stages of good and evil within a man rather than actual physical characters.
However, in 2007 workers found artifacts at the Temple Mount which date to the First Jewish Temple period—the eighth to sixth centuries B.C.  They were found by employees of the Waqf Muslim religious trust doing maintenance work, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported.
For those who may not know this, for 1900 years, Jerusalem was a Muslim city until the Six Days War between Israel and the collective Arab states. 
As part of retaking Jerusalem from the Muslims, the Israelites agreed to allow the Temple Mount to remain jointly in Israeli and Muslim hands with maintainence under the Jordanian government.
The Temple Mount ,also known in the bible as Mount Zion or Mount Moriah and by Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary , is a religious site in Old Jerusalem.
Three religions revere this spot as Holy and sanctified. 
Judaism regards the Temple Mount as the place where God chose the Divine Presence to rest (Isa 8:18); it was from here the world expanded into its present form and where God gathered the dust used to create the first man, Adam.
{According to the sages of the Talmud[13]} The site is the location of Abraham's binding of Isaac, and of two Jewish Temples.
 According to the Bible the site should function as the center of all national life - government, judicial and, of course, religious center (Deut 12:5-26; 14:23-25; 15:20; 16:2-16; 17:8-10; 26: 2; 31: 11; Isa 2: 2-5; Oba 1:21; Psa 48) .
 During the Second Temple Period it functioned also as an economical center. From that location the word of God will come out to all nations, and that is the site where all prayers are focused.
According to Jewish tradition and scripture,  the first temple was built by Solomon the son of David in 957 BCE and destroyed by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.
The second was constructed under the auspices of Zerubbabel in 516 BCE and destroyed by the Roman Empire in 70 CE.
Jewish tradition maintains it is here the Third and final Temple will also be built. The location is the holiest site in Judaism and is the place Jews turn towards during prayer.
 Due to its extreme sanctity, many Jews will not walk on the Mount itself, to avoid unintentionally entering the area where the Holy of Holies stood, since according to Rabbinical law, some aspect of the Divine Presence is still present at the site.  It was from the Holy of Holies that the High Priest communicated directly with God.
Among Sunni Muslims, the Mount is widely considered to be the third holiest site in Islam. Revered as the Noble Sanctuary(Bait-ul-Muqaddas) and the location of Muhammad's journey to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, the site is also associated with Jewish biblical prophets who are also venerated in Islam   After the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem in 637 CE, Umayyad Caliphs commissioned the construction of the al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock on the site.^[1] The Dome was completed in 692 CE, making it one of the oldest extant Islamic structures in the world, after the Kaabah. The Al Aqsa Mosque rests on the far southern side of the Mount, facing Mecca. The Dome of the Rock currently sits in the middle, occupying or close to the area where the Bible mandates the Holy Temple be rebuilt.^[2]
In light of the dual claims of both Judaism and Islam, it is one of the most contested religious sites in the world.  Many believe that the final and defining battle of the world will be fought at this spot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Mount
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071023-jerusalem-artifacts.html