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An ultra-Orthodox Jew looks at parts of a Second Temple period (516 BC-AD 70) public building considered to be one of the most luxurious found to date, as they are unveiled by the Israel Antiquities Authority in Jerusalem, July, 8, 2021. Israeli archaeologists unveiled new parts of a major public building in Jerusalem just metres from where the Second Jewish Temple is believed to have stood two millennia ago. The opulent hall used by elites is the latest discovery to be made public by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) from what it refers to as the Western Wall Tunnels in the Old City in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem. Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP.