Amazing Western Wall discovery: New section, ancient theater, uncovered in Jerusalem

How did the 26 feet of earth accumulate to cover the structures in only 2,000+/- years? Were they covered deliberately?

After the Bar Kokhba revolt ca. 135-138AD, Hadrian had tons of feces brought in to cover the site. So, yes, they were covered deliberately. Hadrian's idea was to cover so deeply that the 2nd Temple would never be rebuilt.

21 posted on 10/17/2017 9:47:22 AM PDT by Silent One

The Second Revolt, if you mean Bar Kochba’s uprising, took place after the destruction of the Second Temple, so for this to have been built in the Second Temple period would preclude that. The Romans were around for a while.

22 posted on 10/17/2017 12:01:35 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Â“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)

23 posted on 10/17/2017 5:17:34 PM PDT by SJackson (The PilgrimsÂ—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldnÂ’t do !)

Don’t know, maybe someone is familiar with accumulation in the region. The chamber may have been built below ground level.

24 posted on 10/17/2017 5:20:29 PM PDT by SJackson (The PilgrimsÂ—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldnÂ’t do !)

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25 posted on 10/18/2017 1:13:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)

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26 posted on 10/18/2017 8:06:19 AM PDT by bitt (press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally)

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It appears to me that the pre-excavation ground surface (apparent evidence of grass roots) was just above eye level of the worker in the first photo. That means that -- at that point -- they had uncovered one full course of big stones, and exposed the top of another. That's less than 2 meters of fill removal in that area.

Either that was early in the excavation sequence, or it was not the area described with eight courses and 26 feet of fill.

Considering how the wind blows sand around in that area, 26 feet's not a surprising amount of infill or overburden...

(Similar-conditions analogy: When I was working on construction of a pipeline compressor station in New Mexico, several times -- after a single windy night -- I had to sweep over a half inch of sand off the desktop inside my "construction shack" engineering office...)

It's too bad that neither the second picture nor the article gives any clue as to how the "theater's" depth or level relates to the first photo...

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27 posted on 10/18/2017 10:01:46 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias | "Islamists": Satan's assassins | "Moderate Muslims": Useful idiots.)

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