Stop mourning Herod’s temple Jul 15, 2013, 12:00 AM Edit; Facebook; Twitter; email; Print; 7; Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties.

Known both as the Finger of Og and as Herod’s Pillar, the 12.15-meter-long and approximately 1.75-m -wide column is thought to have been quarried in order to decorate the Second Temple as part ...

But in 20 bce, King Herod (otherwise not the most celebrated Jewish leader), began a massive renovation project on the Second Temple that lasted at least until his death in 4 bce.

Ritual bath used by elites on eve of Second Temple destruction uncovered The ritual bath is located on top of a cliff in the “Upper City," the area of Herod’s City which housed Jerusalem’s ...

An excavation near the Temple Mount by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Institute of Archaeology has unearthed a unique ritual bath (mikvah) dating back to the late Second Temple period (1st ...

A film about the destruction of the Second Temple premiered in 2021. Oct. 7 gives it new resonance. Copied to clipboard. For Web: Copy HTML. Copied to clipboard. For Print: Copy Plain Text.