Yoav Rotem brings CBN News a find in the Temple Mount's shadow
A Raj Nair report on a new excavation near Jerusalem's ancient southern steps started at close to twenty-five times the channel's usual first-day pace.
CBN NewsStory of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 467,581 views a day, 25 times a normal first day on this channel (18,875).
Archaeologists Uncover Massive Discovery Near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
"Archaeologists Uncover Massive Discovery Near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount" is a Raj Nair report for CBN News, the Christian broadcaster's channel. Barely a day after it went up, it had passed 180,000 views.
That is well outside the usual pattern here. A new CBN News upload normally has a modest first day, and this one opened at close to twenty-five times that pace.
The guide on the ground is Yoav Rotem, whom the description bills as "everyone's favorite Israeli tour guide." The description promises something "absolutely massive" but never says exactly what was found. The tags fill in the picture: an ancient Jewish ritual bath from the Second Temple period, the southern steps, Robinson's Arch and the Davidson Center.
That corner of Jerusalem has a long history of finds. The broad southern steps were the main way pilgrims climbed to the Temple in that era, and ritual baths near them let worshippers purify themselves before going up. Robinson's Arch takes its name from Edward Robinson, the 19th-century American scholar who identified it. The tags also link the site to Jesus and his Jerusalem, a thread that fits a channel built for a Christian audience.
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- Channel
- CBN News
- Subscribers
- 2,870,000
- Video published
- September 28, 2026
- Video views so far
- 181,482 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 467,581
The numbers
The figures show how far this report's first day ran ahead of a typical start for CBN News.
