(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Radiocarbon dating has confirmed the time of construction of Wilson's Arch at Jerusalem's Temple Mount, according to a study published on June 3, 2020, in the journal PLOS ONE by Johanna Regev from the Weizmann Institute of Science. Regev and her colleagues conducted radiocarbon dating of 33 construction material samples directly at the site (generally charred organic matter, like seeds or sticks, present in mortar) and found that the structure was constructed between 20 BCE and 20 CE, during the reign of Herod the Great.
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