Jerusalem, Israel. 23. November 2011. Blick von oben auf das traditionelle jüdische Ritualbad in dem Antike entdeckt wurden wissenschaftliche Bestätigung, dass die Klagemauer und Robinsons Bogenkonstruktion in König Herodes Leben nicht abgeschlossen wurde.
3850 x 2557 px | 32,6 x 21,6 cm | 12,8 x 8,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
23. November 2011
Ort:
HaOfel Archaeological Garden, Western Wall, Jerusalem, Israel
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Top view of traditional Jewish ritual bath in which ancient coins were discovered providing scientific confirmation that Western Wall and Robinson’s Arch construction was not completed in King Herod’s lifetime. Jerusalem, Israel. 23rd November, 2011. Israel Antiquities Authority press release, 23-Nov-2011: Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa and Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority: A ritual bath exposed beneath the Western Wall of the Temple Mount shows that the construction of that wall was not completed during King Herod’s lifetime. Who built the Temple Mount walls? Every tour guide and every student grounded in the history of Jerusalem will immediately reply that it was Herod. However, in the archaeological excavations alongside the ancient drainage channel of Jerusalem a very old ritual bath (miqwe) was recently discovered that challenges the conventional archaeological perception which regards Herod as being solely responsible for its construction. Recently, reinforcement and maintenance measures were implemented in the pavement of Jerusalem’s main street from 2, 000 years ago, used by pilgrims when they went up to the Temple Mount. This was done as part of the project to re-expose the drainage channel that passes beneath the street, running from the Siloam Pool in the City of David to the Jerusalem Archaeological Garden near the Western Wall. The excavations at the site are being conducted on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, in cooperation with Nature and Parks Authority and the East Jerusalem Development Corporation, and are underwritten by the Ir David Foundation. The excavations are directed by archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority, with assistance from Professor Ronny Reich of the University of Haifa. In an excavation beneath the paved street near Robinson’s Arch, sections of the Western Wall’s foundation were revealed that is set on the bedrock – which is also the western foundation of Robin
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