JPost.com
Posted on 07/22/2024 9:48:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Excavations in Jerusalem have finally revealed the route of an ancient fortification, according to a report published Sunday.
For more than 150 years, researchers have asked: who divided Jerusalem in two? A report published Sunday by the Jewish Press may finally have another piece of the puzzle, bringing researchers a step closer to answering this question.
Excavations in the Givati parking lot at the City of David revealed a massive fortification created by quarrying rock between the National Park and the area above, which contains the Temple Mount and the Ofel. Researchers found unearthed perpendicular cliffs on both sides of a moat, clearly cutting off the lower half of the city.
"It is not known when the moat was first dug, but it is clear that it was used during the centuries when Jerusalem was the capital of the Kingdom of Judah – almost 3,000 years ago, starting from the days of King Josiah," said Tel Aviv University prof. Yuval Gadot and Israel Antiquities Authority's Dr. Yiftach Shalu...
It's believed Jerusalem was split throughout the Iron Age, as well as during the Persian and Hellenistic periods. Future research is centered on figuring out who built the 70-meter-long trench, which was so large, historical researchers thought it was a natural valley.
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Thanks Red Badger.
Hey, my graphic seems to be back. Maybe it just loaded out of cache though...
The article isn’t there. Says ‘whoops’ we can’t find this page’.
Perhaps this is a quarry - rather than a moat created by carving rocks. They may have needed the stone for the buildings in the upper part of the city.
Should recent new information about ancient history have any effect on the future? I think it could, depending on how revealing that information is.
Or both.
I think the internet’s just screwed up from the Crowdstrike crap. I posted most of the text regardless.
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