New Discovery From Jerusalem’s Second Temple Era

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 21: Remains of an underground water cistern, inside a Second Temple period (516 BC-AD 70) public building, that has ever been uncovered outside the Temple Mount walls on July 21, 2021, in Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli archaeologists unveiled new parts of a major public building just metres from where the Second Jewish Temple is believed to have stood two millennia ago. The opulent hall used by notable members of society on their way to worship is the latest discovery to be made public by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) from what it refers to as the Western Wall Tunnels. (Footage by Eddie Gerald/Getty Images)