In A Tunnel In Jerusalem, A Preview Of That Of An Old War
JERUSALEM (AP) - The excavation of an ancient drainage tunnel in Jerusalem have given a sword, oil lamps, jars and coins left in a war here 2,000 years ago, archaeologists said Monday, suggesting the finds were the remains of a central episode in history when insurgents hid Roman soldiers destroy a Jewish revolt.
The tunnel was built two millennia ago in the main streets of Jerusalem a Roman era, which today is largely in an Arab neighborhood in the east of the city. After four years of excavation, the tunnel is part of a growing network of underground passageways of the city politically modern fuels.
The tunnel was built two millennia ago in the main streets of Jerusalem a Roman era, which today is largely in an Arab neighborhood in the east of the city. After four years of excavation, the tunnel is part of a growing network of underground passageways of the city politically modern fuels.
The tunnel is designed to drain rainwater, but it is also thought to be hiding places used by the rebels during the Second Temple in Jerusalem. This temple was destroyed, and much of the city, the calculation of the Roman legions in 70 AD Jewish revolt
On Monday unveiled the archaeologists of the Antiquities Authority of Israel, a sword in the tunnel at the end of last month, is 24 inches (60 cm) long and with his leather jacket intact. The sword probably belonged to a member of the Roman garrison at the time of the revolt, the archaeologists said.
"We found many things that we assume is linked to the rebels who were hiding there, like oil lamps, jars, objects that people used and took with them, perhaps as a memory in the hope that they would go back, "said Eli Shukron the Israeli archaeologist in charge of Antiquities of the search.
On Monday unveiled the archaeologists of the Antiquities Authority of Israel, a sword in the tunnel at the end of last month, is 24 inches (60 cm) long and with his leather jacket intact. The sword probably belonged to a member of the Roman garrison at the time of the revolt, the archaeologists said.
"We found many things that we assume is linked to the rebels who were hiding there, like oil lamps, jars, objects that people used and took with them, perhaps as a memory in the hope that they would go back, "said Eli Shukron the Israeli archaeologist in charge of Antiquities of the search.
Archaeologists have also discovered the bronze key from the same period, with the rebels struck with the "Freedom of Zion", the slogan and a brief description of the carved menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum Jew, who was one of the key features of the Temple .
Rebel air tunnels be dug with a shot of the historian Josephus, a jew rebel generals shifted their allegiance to Rome during the revolt and wrote the most important story of the revolt.
As the city burns, he wrote about five years later, the rebels have decided that their "last hope" was in the tunnels. They planned to wait for the legions had left, and then emerge and escape.
"But this turned out to be the dream of inactivity, it is not intended to escape, or God or the Romans," he wrote. Legionnaires tore paving and drainage channels are exposed to their hideout.
"He also found the bodies of more than two miles, some killed by their own hands, some another, but most of them died of hunger," wrote Josephus. The winners continued to plunder, he writes, "too many precious objects were found in these passages."
Rebel air tunnels be dug with a shot of the historian Josephus, a jew rebel generals shifted their allegiance to Rome during the revolt and wrote the most important story of the revolt.
As the city burns, he wrote about five years later, the rebels have decided that their "last hope" was in the tunnels. They planned to wait for the legions had left, and then emerge and escape.
"But this turned out to be the dream of inactivity, it is not intended to escape, or God or the Romans," he wrote. Legionnaires tore paving and drainage channels are exposed to their hideout.
"He also found the bodies of more than two miles, some killed by their own hands, some another, but most of them died of hunger," wrote Josephus. The winners continued to plunder, he writes, "too many precious objects were found in these passages."
The new tunnel, lit by fluorescent lights and the smell of damp earth, has been approved for most of its length, but has not yet been opened to the public. Earlier this month, an Associated Press team walked through the tunnel of the biblical Pool of Siloam, a source of water in the city of origin, continuing for 600 meters (yards) in the neighborhood Palestine with the name of the Swimming - Silwan - before climbing on a street in Roman sun in the Old City of Jerusalem.
The tunnel is part of the growing city of David excavations in Silwan, which is above the old part of Jerusalem. The search is named after the biblical king believed to have ruled on the site. It is funded by a group affiliated with the movement of Jewish settlements and has drawn criticism from Palestinians who accused the residents work is damaging and politically motivated.
Israel and the Palestinians have conflicting claims over Jerusalem, which have plunged the peace efforts for decades. The two sides declared the old city, including sites sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews.
The excavation of the tunnel began in 2007. Last month, a worker found a small golden bell, which seemed to have been a piece of clothing of a rich man, or perhaps a temple priest, and who still can call 2000 years later.
When the tunnel is open to the public, sometimes in the coming months, underground passages in total about a mile (1.6 km) long will be available across Jerusalem. The tunnels have become one of the largest tourist draws in the city and the number of visitors has increased in recent years, more than one million in 2010.
The tunnels are still a sensitive political issue. As for the Israelis, they demonstrate the extent of Jewish roots here, too many Palestinians, who reject Israeli sovereignty in East Jerusalem, they are a threat to their own claims to the city, and represents an excessive focus of Jewish history.
1996 opened a new exit to the tunnel under the Muslim Quarter of Old City attracted rumors among Palestinians that Israel intended to damage the mosque compound, and dozens died in clashes that followed. In recent years, however, criticism was muted, and the work is largely gone ahead without incident.
Israel and the Palestinians have conflicting claims over Jerusalem, which have plunged the peace efforts for decades. The two sides declared the old city, including sites sacred to Christians, Muslims and Jews.
The excavation of the tunnel began in 2007. Last month, a worker found a small golden bell, which seemed to have been a piece of clothing of a rich man, or perhaps a temple priest, and who still can call 2000 years later.
When the tunnel is open to the public, sometimes in the coming months, underground passages in total about a mile (1.6 km) long will be available across Jerusalem. The tunnels have become one of the largest tourist draws in the city and the number of visitors has increased in recent years, more than one million in 2010.
The tunnels are still a sensitive political issue. As for the Israelis, they demonstrate the extent of Jewish roots here, too many Palestinians, who reject Israeli sovereignty in East Jerusalem, they are a threat to their own claims to the city, and represents an excessive focus of Jewish history.
1996 opened a new exit to the tunnel under the Muslim Quarter of Old City attracted rumors among Palestinians that Israel intended to damage the mosque compound, and dozens died in clashes that followed. In recent years, however, criticism was muted, and the work is largely gone ahead without incident.
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