معبد دوم اورشلیم
Also known as Herod's Temple
Jewish Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem between c. 516 BCE and 70 CE
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The Second Temple was a Jewish religious structure built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem around 516 BCE and destroyed in 70 CE, serving as the central place of worship for Jewish people during that period. It matters because it was the focal point of Jewish religious and community life for over 500 years and its destruction marked a major turning point in Jewish history.
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Key facts
- Affiliation
- Judaism
- Region
- Land of Israel
- Deity
- Yahweh
- Leadership
- High Priest of Israel
- Location
- Temple Mount
- Municipality
- Jerusalem
- State
- Yehud Medinata (first), Judaea (last)
- Country
- Achaemenid Empire (first), Roman Empire (last)
- Founder
- Zerubbabel ; refurbished by Herod the Great
- Completed
- c. 516 BCE (original), c. 18 CE (Herodian)
- Destroyed
- 70 CE ( Roman siege )
- Height max
- c. 46 metres (151 ft)
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1871 archaeological discoveries1st-century BC religious buildings and structures515 BC6th-century BC religious buildings and structures70 disestablishments70s disestablishments in the Roman EmpireAncient Hebrew pilgrimage sitesAncient Jewish Persian historyBuildings and structures demolished in the 1st centuryClassical sites in JerusalemCyrus the Great