Jerusalem 2013: Greetings from the Roman Empire!
Posted by Iris Hami on Jun 25, 2013 9:33:48 AM
HISTORICAL SITES IN ISRAEL
Thanks to the need to install a new dainage pipe, archaeologists have dug up a 1,800 year old road in
Jerusalem.
Archaeological excavation prior to the installation of the drainage pipe has exposed for “the first time such a finely preserved section of the road in Jerusalem,” the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday.
Archaeological excavation prior to the installation of the drainage pipe has exposed for “the first time such a finely preserved section of the road in Jerusalem,” the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday.
The ancient road leading from Yafo [Jaffa] to Jerusalem dates to the Roman period of the 2nd-4th centuries was exposed in the Beit Hanina neighborhood in northern Jerusalem.
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/section-of-a-1800-year-old-road-discovered-in-jerusalem/2013/06/25/

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