Days before Tisha B’Av: Charred wooden beams from First Temple’s destruction unearthed in Jerusalem

Jul 20, 2026 9:15 am | Jpost

The burnt wooden beams discovered in the City of David, July 20, 2026. (photo credit: Reut Vilf, City of David)
The First Temple, built by the biblical King Solomon, was destroyed in 586 BCE at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar II, the second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
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