Sources : Gadot, Y., Bocher, E., Freud, L., & Shalev, Y. (2023). An Early Iron Age Moat in Jerusalem between the Ophel and the Southeastern Ridge/City of David. Tel Aviv, 50(2), 147–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/03344355.2023.2246811Image Credit : Eliyahu Yanai, Eric Marmur, and Meir Ganon
1 posted on
12/04/2024 12:42:58 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
That’s 98½ feet wide by 29½ feet deep, for perspective.
3 posted on
12/04/2024 12:49:45 PM PST by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: SunkenCiv
I want one, but I doubt zoning would allow it.
Insurance probably would object too.
4 posted on
12/04/2024 12:53:33 PM PST by
DannyTN
To: SunkenCiv
Major city, major long ago. Major WOW!
5 posted on
12/04/2024 12:53:38 PM PST by
mairdie
(GreenwichVillage ArmyPoet: https://www.iment.com/maida/family/father/oldsoldiersdrums/frontcover.htm)
To: SunkenCiv
Very cool...Now for some alligator fossils...
To: SunkenCiv
Filling it back up would have been a pain..................
7 posted on
12/04/2024 12:56:20 PM PST by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: SunkenCiv
8 posted on
12/04/2024 1:13:06 PM PST by
Big Red Badger
(ALL Things Will be Revealed !)
To: SunkenCiv
A moat. Not to be confused with the mote mentioned in the Sermon on the Mount (Matt. 7.5).
To: SunkenCiv
Like fences, moats make good neighbors.
We have bad neighbors everywhere.
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