Opulent 2,000-year-old ‘city hall’ unearthed near Western Wall in Jerusalem
Thursday, July 8, 2021 | Tag Cloud Tags: Israel, Jerusalem, News, temple, Temple Mount, War, Worthy News
(Worthy News) – Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists have unearthed what may have been a 2,000-year-old city council building — a few hundred meters from its modern counterpart — during continuing excavations under Jerusalem’s Old City.
The grand structure is a new feature on the revamped Western Wall Tunnels Tour, which allows tourists to visit the millennia-old city that exists in a time warp under today’s thriving capital.
“This is, without doubt, one of the most magnificent public buildings from the Second Temple period that has ever been uncovered outside the Temple Mount walls in Jerusalem,” said excavation director Dr. Shlomit Weksler-Bdolach in an IAA press release on Thursday. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]
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