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586 BC – First Temple in Jerusalem burned by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians. 480 BC – Acropolis of Athens burnt during the second Persian invasion of Greece. 356 BC – Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, arson by Herostratus. 70 AD – Second Temple in Jerusalem burned by Roman Empire troops under general Titus.
The second temple was included on an early list of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Herodotus in the 5th century BC, and was well known in ancient times. [ 4 ] Little is known about the life of Herostratus, though it is thought he may have been someone of low social standing, a non- Ephesian or a slave . [ 5 ]
The Temple of Artemis or Artemision (Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον; Turkish: Artemis Tapınağı), also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, localised form of the goddess Artemis (equated with the Roman goddess Diana). It was located in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey).
On Tisha B'Av, July 587 or 586 BC, the Babylonians took Jerusalem, destroyed the First Temple and burned down the city. [1] [2] [8] The small settlements surrounding the city, and those close to the western border of the kingdom, were destroyed as well. [8] According to the Bible, Zedekiah attempted to escape, but was captured near Jericho.
The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, CA, on Jan. 7, 2025. A ferocious wildfire in a Los Angeles suburb devoured buildings and sparked panicked evacuations ...
The temple’s preschool burned down and the synagogue that once could hold 1,000 people was gone. Thousands of books were also lost. Days after the fire, Amy Whitman Richardson brought her ...
Mainz Cathedral – On 29 August 1009, on the Day of the consecration of the cathedral, a fire burned out the building. New Synagogue (Berlin) – An attempt was made on Kristallnacht to burn it down. It was finally destroyed during aerial bombing in late 1944 into early 1945.
Founded as Temple B’nai Israel of Pasadena in 1921, the community that would become PJTC bought the Spanish-style building on North Altadena Drive just north of East Washington Boulevard in 1941 ...