Ancient Pilgrimage Road leading to Temple Mount opens to public after 13 years of excavations
Archaeologists say the stepped street served as Jerusalem’s main thoroughfare for pilgrims during the Second Temple period.
(photo credit: KOBI HARATI/CITY OF DAVID)
The Pilgrimage Road, a circa first-century route linking the Pool of Siloam to the foot of the Temple Mount, has been opened to the public after 13 years of excavations.
The City of David, which operates the national park site, and the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), which has led the dig, announced the site’s opening last week in a joint social media post.
“We have been waiting for this moment for 2,000 years,” the post read.
“For many generations, the road was buried under layers of destruction.
In recent years, we have been privileged to re-expose its entire length in a joint project between the City of David and the Israel Antiquities Authority.”
Source: https://www.jpost.com
