The ancient street built by Pontius Pilate ends near these pilgrim stairs at the southern end of the western wall. (Image: © Shutterstock)
Somebody needs to contract out these archaeologists to find the ‘lost’ high-speed rail system that Jerry Brown built.....or at least the money that was farmed out for it.
Very interesting about the coins!
“ The fact that Pilate built a street that would have helped people reach the Temple Mount suggests that he may not have been as self-serving and religiously insensitive as ancient writers claim, the researchers said.”
Spoken as true liberals. Doing something politically popular with other people’s money is not self-serving?
The picture included is of the Monumental Staircase, which predated the Romans. The road that they excavated is west of here, and actually passes by the SW corner of the Temple Mount, and ascended up to what is “Robinson’s Arch”. Herod’s top cornerstone is still at the SW base of the Temple Mount, where the Romans rolled it off from above. The road that has been excavated passes by the base cornerstone for the entire Temple Mount, about 90’ below the surface..It is still being excavated and is open to the public through the Archaeological Park and Davidson Center. Well worth the tour if anyone happens to be in Jerusalem.
