Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Destruction and Sack of
the Temple of Jerusalem
Painted by Nicolas
Poussin in 1625-6, and
now in the collection of
the Israel Museum
(see
pp132-7)
, this shows
Roman soldiers, directed
by Titus on his white
horse, emerging from the
Inner Temple carrying
the Jewish menorah and
other treasures.
The Inner Temple
contained the Holy of
Holies, an empty chamber
meant for the Ark of the
Covenant, which was lost
Bronze Helmet
he Hulda
ates
a
was
onnade,
n length,
ing.
oin
morative
ed after
t of the
Jewish rebels
depicting, on one
side, Vespasian
and, on the other,
Rome standing
triumphant over a
subdued Judaea.
THE SECOND TEMPLE
Built in the 6th century BC on the same site
as the First Temple, which was destroyed
by the Babylonians in 587 BC, the Second
Temple was greatly expanded by Herod
the Great (37-4 BC). He nearly doubled
the size of the Inner Temple.
