Temple or sanctuary
Second Temple, Jerusalem
Second Temple, Jerusalem: temple or sanctuary of the ancient world (Jerusalem, Israel).
Temple or sanctuaryKind
Hellenistic periodFirst recorded · 330 BC – 30 BC
Roman periodLast recorded · 30 BC – AD 300
JerusalemNearest town · 2.1 km
On the map
Position: 31.7783, 35.2353
Through the eras
Before 750 BC
Archaic period750 BC – 550 BC
Classical period550 BC – 330 BC
Hellenistic period330 BC – 30 BC✓
Roman period30 BC – AD 300✓
Late AntiquityAD 300 – AD 640
Middle AgesAD 640 – AD 1453
About the site
The so-called "Second Temple" in Jerusalem stood on the northern edge of the Dome of the Rock and was destroyed in A.D. 70 during the Roman siege.
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