the Romans in 70 CE but the original temple destroyed in 586 BCE. The relics ‘acquired’ for the benefit of pilgrims were relics of the first temple: King Solomon’s ring which had kept the demons away from the building site, and the horn of oil used to anoint the ancient kings. Calvary became the temple mount where, according to Jewish legend, Isaac had been sacrificed. Pilgrims were told that Adam had been created, not from the dust of the temple mount, but from the dust of Calvary.13 The Christians