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Reconstruction of the temple under Herod began with a massive expansion of the Temple Mount temenos. For example, the Temple Mount complex initially measured 7 hectares (17 acres) in size, but Herod expanded it to 14.4 hectares (36 acres) and so doubled its area. [30] Herod's work on the Temple is generally dated from 20/19 BCE until 12/11 or ...
During the Roman era, Pompey entered (and thereby desecrated) the Holy of Holies in 63 BCE, but left the Temple intact. [30] [31] [32] In 54 BCE, Crassus looted the Temple treasury. [33] [34] Around 20 BCE, the building was renovated and expanded by Herod the Great, and became known as Herod's Temple.
Scale model of Jerusalem, with the Herod's Temple in foreground, during the Second Temple period (c. first century CE), now in Israel Museum.. The Holyland Model of Jerusalem, also known as Model of Jerusalem at the end of the Second Temple period (Hebrew: דגם ירושלים בסוף ימי בית שני) is a 1:50 scale model of the city of Jerusalem in the late Second Temple period.
The North Visitors' Center at Temple Square, in Salt Lake City, Utah, has a scale model of Jerusalem as it may have looked at the time of Christ. [7] Alec Garrard of Norfolk, UK, worked for 30 years creating a 1:100 scale model of Herod's Temple. His model has been recognized as the most authentic version of the temple in the world. [8]
The finished temple, which was destroyed by the Romans in 70 AD, is often referred to as Herod's Temple. The Wailing Wall (Western Wall) in Jerusalem was for many years the only section visible of the four retaining walls whose construction was begun by Herod to create a flat platform (the Temple Mount ) upon which his Temple was constructed.
A model of the Antonia Fortress—currently in the Israel Museum Model of the fortress and the Tedi Gate (small gate with triangular top). The Antonia Fortress (Aramaic: קצטרא דאנטוניה) [a] was a citadel built by Herod the Great and named for Herod's patron Mark Antony, as a fortress whose chief function was to protect the Second Temple.
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Radiocarbon dating published in 2020 indicated that the initial bridge to the Temple Mount was completed between 20 BCE and 20 CE, and a doubling in width occurred between 30 CE and 60 CE. [1] The 2020 study concluded that Wilson's Arch was initiated by Herod the Great , and enlarged during the Roman Procurators, such as Pontius Pilate , in a ...