Model of Herod the Great’s Temple Mount, the Israel Museum

by | Dec 3, 2015 | From Herod the Great and the Herodians to Direct Roman Rule

Second Temple

Second Temple

Herod’s largest and most beautiful project was the rebuilding of the Jerusalem Temple. He began in 20/19 B.C.E., yet work on the details was still proceeding long after his death when the Temple was destroyed by the Romans in 70 C.E.