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New Theory on When Western Wall Was Built
Arutz Sheva ^ | 11-23-2011 | By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

Posted on 11/23/2011 2:12:31 AM PST by Never A Dull Moment

The discovery of a new ritual pool [mikveh] under the Western Wall suggests a new theory that the Kotel was completed years later than during the reign of King Herod, as was believed until now. Israel Antiquities Authority excavations of an ancient drainage channel underneath the main street used by pilgrims 2,000 years ago revealed the ritual pool. The excavations beneath the paved road exposed sections of the Western Wall foundations. Dr. Donald Ariel, a native of the United States, said the coins that were discovered in the area were struck by the Roman procurator in the years 17-18 in the Common Era, meaning that Robinson’s Arch, and possibly the longer part of the Western Wall, were built no sooner than a year later – 20 years after Herod died. The Antiquities Authority said that building the walls of the Temple Mount and Robinson's Arch was a huge project that lasted for decades. "This dramatic finding confirms the descriptions of Josephus that the work was not completed until the time of King Agrippa II, the grandson of Herod.” Archaeologists added that the completion of the Western Wall left up to 10,000 people unemployed.

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel
KEYWORDS: elishukron; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; israel; jerusalem; letshavejerusalem; robinsonsarch; templemount

1 posted on 11/23/2011 2:12:35 AM PST by Never A Dull Moment
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To: Never A Dull Moment

Shovel ready projects, always a day late and over budget.


2 posted on 11/23/2011 2:14:58 AM PST by JerseyHighlander
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To: SunkenCiv

bump


3 posted on 11/23/2011 2:16:11 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Never A Dull Moment

But I thought the wall was a hitching post for the winged horse Mohammed rode in his midnight ride?


4 posted on 11/23/2011 2:25:37 AM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: LukeL

lol!


5 posted on 11/23/2011 2:27:35 AM PST by Never A Dull Moment
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To: Never A Dull Moment

Most of tje Western wall is the remnant of Hadrian’s temple to Jupiter, built after the fall of Bar kochba. Some of the lower foundation stones are from the temple.


7 posted on 11/23/2011 4:31:48 AM PST by thatdewd (I'm tired of watching stupid people do stupid things stupidly.)
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9 posted on 11/23/2011 5:04:58 AM PST by SJackson (Haven't changed the environment, just take a bath. Eat a piece of chocolate. You need one. Michelle)
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To: Yehuda
THE HORSE RODE MOHAMHEAD.

In more ways than one.


10 posted on 11/23/2011 5:34:54 AM PST by reagan_fanatic (A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
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To: reagan_fanatic

Dont forget ...the horses name? Barack


11 posted on 11/23/2011 7:44:06 AM PST by blasater1960 (Deut 30, Psalm 111...the Torah and the Law, is attainable past, present and forever.)
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To: SunkenCiv

GGG material


12 posted on 11/23/2011 8:23:11 AM PST by dervish (female candidates: the last frontier)
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14 posted on 11/23/2011 7:50:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (It's never a bad time to FReep this link -- https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Yehuda

LOL!!!


15 posted on 11/23/2011 7:53:54 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: Yehuda

Unnngh!


16 posted on 11/23/2011 8:01:46 PM PST by RichInOC ("In the name of Allah, The Inexorable, The Irresistible...")
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To: LukeL

“...a hitching post for the winged horse Mohammed rode in his midnight ride?”

Two if by land, one if by sand?


17 posted on 11/23/2011 8:19:58 PM PST by GGpaX4DumpedTea (I am a tea party descendant - steeped in the Constitutional legacy handed down by the Founders)
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To: SunkenCiv

So, the new theory is that Josephus was correct? How novel!


18 posted on 11/24/2011 12:05:48 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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A heart of stone
Nadav Shragai
Friday May 2, 2014
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=17255

...Eli Shukron explains it with an interesting theory. “This stone came from the Temple Mount, from the surplus stones that were used in the construction of the Temple itself. Those stones were high-quality, chiseled and smooth, like this unusual one, which was discovered among the Western Wall’s foundations. This stone was intended for the Second Temple, and stones like it were used to build the Temple — but it was left unused. The builders of the Western Wall brought it down here because it was no longer needed up above — and this is how the other stones of the Temple looked,” he says, adding, “Anyone who passes a hand gently over this stone feels a slightly wavy texture, just like the Talmud describes.”...

Two more surprises awaited Shukron’s diggers at the base of the foundations. The first is a stone weighing a beka from First Temple times — a stone that was used to weigh the silver half-shekel and on which the word “beka” was engraved in Canaanite Hebrew script. Weights of this type have already been found in Israel. The beka is mentioned in the Bible as a unit of weight that was used to weigh the half-shekel that was given by those counted in the census as a way to count them. It was also used later on, in the Tabernacle.

The second surprise has to do with the Western Wall itself — or, actually, with its builders: a chisel about 15 centimeters (6 inches) long that was evidently used to carve the stones of the Western Wall. It was found in a pile of rubble at the bottom of the wall. Shukron believes that one of the workers carving the stone dropped it while he was working on scaffolding on an upper foundation of the wall. “It seems that he didn’t bother to go down or that he simply forgot about it,” Shukron says.


19 posted on 01/26/2015 9:23:19 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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20 posted on 01/26/2015 9:23:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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