Rabbis have discussed the precise location of the rock. David ben Solomon ibn Abi Zimra was convinced that under the dome on the Temple Mount, which the Arabs call El-Sakhrah, without a doubt is the location of the Foundation Stone. The Travels of Petachia of Ratisbon, c.1180, The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela and The Travels of the Student of the Ramban all equally state that on the Temple Mount stands a beautiful sanctuary which an Arab king built long ago, over the place of the Temple sanctuary and courtyard. Obadiah ben Abraham Bartenura, who wrote a letter from Jerusalem in 1488, says that I sought the place of the Foundation Stone where the Ark of the Covenant was placed, and many people told me it is under a tall and beautiful dome which the Arabs built in the Temple precinct.