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Event religious Middle East

Western Wall Tunnels

19 BCE

Underground passages along the full length of the Western Wall in Jerusalem, revealing Herodian masonry hidden for millennia.

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Standing in 19 BCE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Egypt Polity · Middle East 3000 BCE – 2026 CE Maya chiefdoms and states Polity · Americas 2000 BCE – 1521 CE Carlsbad Caverns Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Lençóis Maranhenses Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Serengeti National Park Landmark · Africa 3000 BCE – still standing

Around the same time

The nearest dated moments on either side.

37 BCE Masada 31 BCE Battle of Actium 25 BCE Mérida (Augusta Emerita) 19 BCE Western Wall 12 BCE Roman–Germanic Wars 4 BCE Ise Grand Shrine