Archaeologists Discovered Roman Sword From Destruction of the Second Jewish Temple: The Fall of Herod’s Temple

"According to Jewish tradition, the first temple, built by King Solomon, was razed by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. The second temple, built on the same site by King Herod, is said to have been destroyed on the same date in 70 A.D., as Roman forces put down a Jewish revolt.

Archaeological digs under the disputed Old City are a matter of immense sensitivity. For the managers of the Zionist state, archaeology is used to bolster claims of Jewish ownership of the land. Most Palestinians reject Israel’s sovereignty in the city and critics, Palestinian and non-Palestinian, point out Jewish history is exaggerated at the expense of other histories.

“It seems that the sword belonged to an infantryman of the Roman garrison stationed in Israel at the outbreak of the Great Revolt against the Romans in 66 C.E.,” the antiquities authority statement said."

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