Friday, September 4, 2009
Neat stuff: 'Massive' ancient wall uncovered in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say.
Standing 8 meters (26 feet) high, the wall of huge cut stones is a marvel to archaeologists...
...It was found inside the City of David, an archaeological excavation site outside the Old City of East Jerusalem on a slope of the Silwan Valley.
The wall is believed to have been built by the Canaanites, an ancient pagan people who the Bible says inhabited Jerusalem and other parts of the Middle East before the advent of monotheism...
The excavations at the city of David site keep teaching us about the history of ancient Jerusalem - almost five thousand continuous years of history! You can view a time line of Jerusalem history at the Jerusalem Insider's Guide to help put this discovery in context with the rest of world history.
and the stones will give up their secrets.....