Could a recently discovered chisel dating to late Second Temple times have been dropped by a workman at the Western Wall?  

Pompeii was consumed by lava exactly nine years after the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Some Roman writers thought it was divine retribution.  

Did the New Testament book of Revelation begin life as an apocalyptic text that predated the rise of Christianity?

Contrary to popular wisdom, Jews did not abandon the Temple Mount following the destruction of the Second Temple.

The rabbis cited mutual hatred among Jews as the sin responsible for the Second Temple's destruction. Have Jews learned the lesson?