The Greatest Mystery of Ancient Jerusalem
Never has sewage been as great a surprise as it was in the City of David. This sewage drain unlocked one of the greatest mysteries of the archaeological study of the City of David.
Archive for July, 2016
What is the Talmud?
The Talmud is a compact, elliptical, but many-volumed collection of Jewish law and teachings. The achievement of Jews both in ancient Palestine and in Babylonia, the Talmud has come down to us in two basic editions. The Palestinian version, compiled around 400 A.D., is known as the Jerusalem Talmud or “Yerushalmi”, and, oddly enough, is […]
The City of David’s Secret Shaft
Until recently, archaeologists knew about Warren’s Shaft and its small well, but then a secret shaft was discovered which led to the main water source of Jerusalem.
The Way David Went
This is the way King David walked when he approached the Jebusite city of Jerusalem from the underground Warren’s Shaft.
Inside Warren’s Shaft
Walk through Warren’s Shaft with City of David archaeologists to see how the inhabitants of the city obtained water even during a siege.
Making Jerusalem Jewish
King David would have walked up Warren’s Shaft to reach the Jebusite city and conquer Jerusalem for the Jewish people.
Connecting the World with the Biblical Narrative
This room will become the center of tourism at the City of David and will connect people with the biblical narrative and with history of Jerusalem.
A Letter Sent from the First Temple Period
Archaeologists discovered seals with names on them from the First Temple period, almost like letters from them to us.
Rare Bronze Statue of Hadrian Found by Tourist, Suzanne F. Singer, Biblical Archaeology Review (2:4), Dec 1976.
Shortly after major pieces of an extraordinary bronze statue had been dug up illegally by an American tourist, Gideon Foerster of the Israel Department of Antiquities received an urgent call from a former student describing the find. The tourist, an American named Morton Leventhal, had been wandering around with a metal detector looking for ancient […]