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Archaeological Jackpot in Jerusalem: Ancient Canal Uncovered |
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Published by Israel National News
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Sunday, 09 September 2007 |
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Archaeological Jackpot in Jerusalem: Ancient Canal Uncovered "The Israel Antiquities Authority announced Sunday that it found the site which served as a backdrop for a famous scene in the Great Jewish Rebellion against Rome in the 1st century. The Authority has uncovered a 70 meter long section of Jerusalem's main drainage duct. It was inside this drainage duct that Jerusalem's Jewish inhabitants hid from the Roman invaders when Rome sacked Jerusalem, according to historian (and Jewish turncoat) Josephus Flavius....”
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