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Model of Herod's Temple

The Second Temple (Hebrew: בית המקדש meaning 'Holy House') was the reconstructed Temple in Jerusalem which stood between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It is also known as Herod's Temple. During this time, it was the center of Jewish worship. The Romans destroyed Jerusalem and its Second Temple on August 4, 70 CE.

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  • Brockhaus and Efron Jewish Encyclopedia e15 669-0

    Solomon's Temple which was on the site prior to the building of the Second Temple

  • Jerus-n4i

    This picture shows the temple as imagined in 1966 in the Holyland Model of Jerusalem.

  • Brooklyn Museum - Reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod (Réconstitution de Jérusalem et du temple d'Hérode) - James Tissot

    James Tissot – Reconstruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of Herod – Brooklyn Museum

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    A model of the southern wall and Royal Colonnade or Stoa

  • Temple Mount southern wall 200509

    Eastern portion of the southern wall of the Temple Mount

  • Hulda gates

    Remains of the Hulda Gates

  • Marwan undergrounded mosque

    Marwan Mosque on the site of Solomon's Stables

  • The rock of the Dome of the Rock Corrected

    The Foundation Stone under the Dome of the Rock, a possible historical location for the Kodesh Hakodashim

  • Reconstruction model of Ancient Jerusalem in Museum of David Castle

    Proposed reconstruction of Robinson's Arch

  • Arch of Titus Menorah

    Roman triumphal procession with spoils from the Temple, depicted on the inside wall of the Arch of Titus in Rome

  • Madaba map

    The Madaba Map depiction of 6th-century Aelia Capitolina has the Cardo Maximus, the town’s main street, beginning at the northern gate, today's Damascus Gate, and traversing the city in a straight line from north to south to "Nea Church".

  • RobinsonsArchMay2009

    Robinson's Arch – remains of the entrance built by Herod to the Royal Colonnade

  • TempleStepsMay2009

    Remnants of the 1st century Stairs of Ascent, discovered by archaeologist Benjamin Mazar, to the entrance of the Temple Courtyard. Pilgrims coming to make sacrifices at the Temple would have entered and exited by this stairway.

  • NinthAvStonesWesternWall

    Stones from the Western Wall thrown down by Roman soldiers in 70 CE

  • Roberts Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem

    Siege and Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (1850 painting by David Roberts). Looking southwest

  • Temple Mount (Aerial view, 2007) 03

    View of Temple Mount looking southwest

  • Israel-2013(2)-Aerial-Jerusalem-Temple Mount-Temple Mount (south exposure)

    View of the southern part of Temple Mount

  • Magdala Stone (4)

    Magdala Stone

  • Barkokhba-silver-tetradrachm

    Bar Kokhba tetradracm showing the Jerusalem Temple façade 132-135 CE

  • Rom, Titusbogen, Triumphzug 3

    Arch of Titus showing spoils of Jerusalem Temple

  • Ancient Jerusalem, A remnant of the temple walls

    The upper corner of Herod's temple colonnade with ancient Hebrew inscription

  • Jerusalem Temple Warning Inscription

    The Warning Inscription found in 1871

  • XV04 - Roma, Museo civiltà romana - Lapide del Tempio - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 12-Apr-2008

    A copy of the inscription found in 1871

  • Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archaeology WingDSCN5007

    Fragment of Second Temple Warning

  • To the trumpeting place

    The Trumpeting Place inscription, a stone (2.43x1 m) with Hebrew inscription "To the Trumpeting Place" excavated by Benjamin Mazar at the southern foot of the Temple Mount is believed to be a part of the Second Temple.


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