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November 16, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUKL1558737720071115

Roman Road, Bath Unearthed Near Jewish Temple Site

[Reuters] Rebecca Harrison - Israeli archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a second century terraced street and bath house in Jerusalem. The Israel Antiquities Authority said the 30-meter (90-foot) alley was used by the Romans to link the central Cardo thoroughfare with a bath house and with a bridge to the Temple Mount, once the site of Jerusalem's ancient Jewish temple. "We find bits of Roman road all the time, but this discovery helped us piece together a picture of Roman Jerusalem," said Jerusalem regional archaeologist Jon Seligman. "It was a real Eureka moment."

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