by Yair Altman
Arch discovered during recent excavation work to uncover layout of street located between the Hurva Synagogue and Cardo • Construction Minster Yoav Gallant calls find a "moving testimony to the unbreakable bond between the Jewish people and this place."
Construction Minister Yoav
Gallant viewing the arch in the Jewish Quarter
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Photo credit: Oren Ben Hakoon  |
The discovery of a 1,500-year-old Byzantine
arch was revealed Wednesday at a ceremony attended by Construction
Minister Yoav Gallant in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City.
The arch was discovered during excavation work
recently conducted to uncover the layout of the street between the
Hurva Synagogue, Israel's greatest and most important synagogue until
the 1948 War of Independence, and the Cardo, Jerusalem's main street
during the Roman era, running from Damascus Gate in the north to Zion
Gate in the south).
Gallant also unveiled the second mosaic in the
Jerusalem of Mosaics project and viewed artifacts recently unearthed
beneath Tiferet Yisrael Synagogue. The project, initiated by the Jewish
Quarter Restoration and Development Company, aims to shed light on
everyday life on the Cardo 1,500 years ago.
Inspired by the archaeological findings and
created by international artist David Harel, the mosaic consists of
5,000 colorful stones that portray nine different kinds of shops and
craftsmen typical of that period.
During the tour, Gallant said, "The
restoration of the quarter whose destruction was forced upon us by our
enemies is a historic task, and every new discovery advances us to the
next archaeological challenge.
"The 2,000-year-old stones that our
forefathers walked on are a moving testimony to the unbreakable bond
between the Jewish people and this place," Gallant further said.
Yair Altman
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=38083
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