212251 Resource 169992 170084 170084 1220550408015 1220567485638 Controlled Walls of Jerusalem Uncovered

Archaeologists rediscover a wall initially uncovered in the 19th Century.

<p>Israeli archaeologists have re-exposed part of the southern wall of Jerusalem which dates from the time of Jesus Christ and the Second Temple, according to a report presented by the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7595613.stm" target="_blank">BBC</a>.&nbsp; This wall is some 200 meters south of the current wall, which incorporates what is now known as the&nbsp;Old City,&nbsp;with its Jewish, Moslem and Armenian quarters.&nbsp;The&nbsp; wall which encompasses the Old&nbsp;City&nbsp;&nbsp;was built during the time Jerusalem was under the control of the Ottoman Empire.</p><p>The section of wall, uncovered and announced on September 3, had&nbsp; been initially discovered in the 19^th century by British archaeologists, who then refilled the tunnels leading to their discovery.&nbsp;Artifacts such as bottles, lamps and even shoes discarded by the earlier archaeologists added to the artifacts from the second temple period that were discovered. Photos of the wall together with a Byzantine wall built some 400 years later are available on the <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7595613.stm">BBC News website.</a></p> 10 application/xml false Archaeology Jerusalem Jesus Roman Destruction of Jerusalem Second Temple Walls of Jerusalem Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 pnathan 66.125.198.98 false true false false true 188838 false false true false false false true 169992 blog blogsite/FirstFollowers/web