Detailed floor plan of the Second Temple. The plan is in Hebrew and includes details such as the altar location, slaughterhouse, general hall and more. The Second Holy Temple of Jerusalem existed between which stood between 516 BCE and 70 CE. It was the center of Jewish pray and worhsip in which sacrifices were given to God. During it's existance the Second Temple, like the land itself, was under the rule of different empires: Persians, Macedonian Greeks (Alexander the Great), Egyptian Greeks, Syrian Greeks, Hasmoneans (nature Judeans) and Romans. Under the Romans the Second Temple of Jerusalem was eventualy destroyed following the great Jewish Revolt.