Editing Temple in Jerusalem (section)

==Archaeological evidence==
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| caption2  = Fragment of the Temple Warning Inscription at the [[Israel Museum]].
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| caption3  = The [[Trumpeting Place inscription]], a stone (2.43×1 m) with [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] writing ''"To the Trumpeting Place"'' uncovered during archaeological excavations by [[Benjamin Mazar]] at the southern foot of the [[Temple Mount]] is believed to be a part of the complex of the Second Temple.
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Archaeological excavations have found remnants of both the First Temple and the Second Temple. Among the artifacts of the First Temple are dozens of [[mikvah|ritual immersion pools]] in this area surrounding the [[Temple Mount]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.681589 |title=Were there Jewish Temples on Temple Mount? Yes – Israel News |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |access-date=2016-08-15 |archive-date=2015-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025003942/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.681589 |url-status=live}}</ref> as well as a large square platform identified by architectural archaeologist [[Leen Ritmeyer]] as likely being built by King [[Hezekiah]] {{Circa|700 BCE}} as a gathering area in front of the Temple.

Concrete finds from the Second Temple include the [[Temple Warning inscription]]s and the [[Trumpeting Place inscription]], two surviving pieces of the Herodian expansion of the Temple Mount. The Temple Warning inscriptions forbid the entry of pagans to the Temple, a prohibition also mentioned by the 1st century CE historian [[Josephus]]. These inscriptions were on the wall that surrounded the Temple and prevented non-Jews from entering the temple's courtyard. The Trumpeting Place inscription was found at the southwest corner of Temple Mount, and is believed to mark the site where the priests used to declare the advent of Shabbat and other Jewish holidays.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Were There Jewish Temples on Temple Mount? Yes |language=en |work=[[Haaretz]] |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/were-there-jewish-temples-on-temple-mount-yes-1.5411705 |access-date=2022-01-11 |archive-date=2015-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025003942/http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.681589 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Ritual objects used in the temple service were carried off and many are likely located in museum collections, in particular, that of the [[Vatican Museums]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moskoff |first=Harry H. |date=2022-02-10 |title=Is there new evidence of Jewish Temple treasures in the Vatican? |url=https://www.jpost.com/jerusalem-report/article-696068 |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=The Jerusalem Post {{!}} JPost.com |language=en-US}}</ref>