[Mrs. Don-o]

Just an archaeological history question here. The article says the Temple graced the Temple Mount for 1,000 years.

But from what I read, Rabbinic sources state that the First Temple stood for 410 years (based on the 2nd-century work Seder Olam Rabbah.) That was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar.

The Second Temple was built by Herod the Great, but only lasted a little more than two lifetimes. It was still being completed, in its final details, when the Romans destroyed it in 70 AD.

So, the two temples don't add up to 1,000 years.

Can anybody post a reliable timeline concerning the two great Jewish Temples?

[DSH]

Herod the Great essentially refurbished, and greatly enhanced the Second Temple, the construction of which had been undertaken by Zerubbabel at the end of the Babylonian captivity (i.e., around 520 B.C. or thereabouts). See the Books of Ezra and Nehemiah.

The Temple Mount itself was one of Herod's projects.