Excavators Uncover Plaza and Street near Siloam Pool

Biblical Archaeology Review ^ | July 2006 | Hershel Shanks

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After bathing (or purifying) oneself in the Siloam Pool, where Jesus cured the blind man (see "The Siloam Pool," BAR, September/October 2005), ancient pilgrims could ascend ten steps to a lovely columned plaza that has now been exposed by archaeologists Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

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[nmh]

Fascinating!

Thank you for posting this!

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I must be hungry, when I first saw the title I thought it said "Pizza and Snacks", rather than "Plaza and Street".

[Khurkris]

Thanks SC...good article.

[SunkenCiv]

:') Medicinal herbs, Charles?

Khurkris: it was a short one, but the photos were nice. It's amazing how deep the debris can accumulate on really old city sites. In Rome during the Renaissance, one famous guy (I forget, I'm not at home and can't look it up) was digging a cellar and ran into a flat stone surface. Thinking it was a floor, he started clearing it off. He found an edge in all four directions. Turned out to be the capital of a still-standing column from Roman times, of some structure buried all the way past the roofline.

[Vor Lady]

siloam pool ping.