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The Second Temple (Hebrew: בֵּית־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי, romanized: Bēṯ hamMīqdāš hašŠēnī, lit. 'Second House of the Sanctum') was the temple in Jerusalem that replaced Solomon's Temple, which was destroyed during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem in 587 BCE. The Second Temple was constructed around 516 BCE and later enhanced by Herod the Great around…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Temple | Affiliation | Judaism | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Archaeologists | Charles Warren, Benjamin Mazar, Ronny Reich, Eli Shukron, Yaakov Billig | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Completed | c. 516 BCE (original) c. 18 CE (Herodian) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Coordinates | .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars… | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Country | Achaemenid Empire (first) Roman Empire (last) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Deity | Yahweh | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Destroyed | 70 CE (Roman siege) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Excavation dates | 1930, 1967, 1968, 1970–1978, 1996–1999, 2007 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Founder | Zerubbabel; refurbished by Herod the Great | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Height (max) | c. 46 metres (151 ft) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Leadership | High Priest of Israel | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Location | Temple Mount | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Materials | Jerusalem limestone | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Municipality | Jerusalem | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Present-day site | Dome of the Rock | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Public access | Limited; see Temple Mount entry restrictions | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | Region | Land of Israel | 1.00 | infobox |
| Second Temple | State | Yehud Medinata (first) Judaea (last) | 1.00 | infobox |
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