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HEROD’S TEMPLE
20 BC–AD 70
Dimensions of rooms,
Begun in 20 BC, Herod’s new structure towered 15 stories high, following the floor steps, doorways, cornices,
dimensions of the former temples in the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. The and exterior mea­sure­
high sanctuary shown here was built on the site of the former temples of Solomon ments are mentioned in
and Zerubbabel. history (Josephus and the
Mishnah) but are subject to
The outer courts surrounding the temple mount were not completed until AD 64.
interpretation.
The entire structure was demolished by the Romans in AD 70.
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