Western Wall Tunnel Tour ©
The tunnel shifts and turns, bordered by a channel of water-worn
bedrock. You run your hand along the smooth rock, which saw centuries and
centuries of water flow by. Soon, we come upon a reservoir pool, which is covered by a
large stone arch.
The tunnel shifts and turns and, 
at
last, covered by a large stone arch, we come to a reservoir pool.
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352 BCE: Construction of the Second Temple | |||
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347 BCE: Return to Israel of Ezra and the Men of the Great Assembly | |||
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312 BCE: Era of the Prophets ends; Alexander the Great conquers Darius of Persia; Shimon HaTzaddik (First Tanna) meets Alexander | |||
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260 BCE: Period of "Pairs" begins | |||
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245 BCE: Ptolemy; Translation of the Torah into Greek (Septuagint) | |||
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175 BCE: Antiochus IV; Beginning of the Greek oppression of Israel | |||
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165 BCE: Miracle of Chanukah; Kingdom of Hasmoneans begins; Start of the Period of the Saduccees and the Pharisees | |||
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36 BCE: Herod defeats Antignos, ends Hasmonean Dynasty, and
begins his rule 32 BCE: Leadership of Hillel begins |
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18 BCE: Herod begins Temple Reconstruction | |||
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70 CE: Second
Temple Destroyed by Titus; Roman Rule of Israel established 73 CE: Fall of Massada |
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80 CE: Rabbi Akiva's leadership begins | |||
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93 CE: Josephus completes writing "Jewish Antiquities" | |||
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135 CE: Rebellion of Bar Kochba | |||
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219 CE: Mishnah compiled by Rabbi Yehuda HaNassi; Period of Amorayim begins | |||
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306 CE: Constantine the Great begins his rule; Christianity becomes religion of Roman Empire | |||
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352 CE: Byzantine of Constantinople; under Constantine, conquer Israel | |||
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