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Second Temple Road Uncovered in Jerusalem

An ancient road in Jerusalem that pilgrims used to reach the Second Temple was uncovered during excavation in the City of David, announced the Israel Antiquities Authority on Sunday.
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September 16, 2009

An ancient road in Jerusalem that pilgrims used to reach the Second Temple was uncovered during excavation in the City of David, announced the Israel Antiquities Authority on Sunday.

The road has been known for more than 100 years since it was discovered in the late 1890s by professor Frederick Bliss and Archibald Dickey of the British Palestine Exploration Fund, who covered and filled it in at the end of their excavation. Other sections of the road also were excavated and covered over in 1937 as well as between 1961 and 1967.

The road was uncovered in the Shiloach Pool Excavation, about 600 yards south of the Temple Mount. It represents the central thoroughfare of Jerusalem that ascended from the northwest corner of the Second Temple-era Shiloach Pool to the north.

The section of road is built in the Second Temple style, which comprises alternating wide and narrow steps.

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