The Excavations beneath Wilson’s Arch: New Light on Roman Period Jerusalem

Joe Uziel; Tehillah Lieberman; Avi Solomon

doi:10.1080/03344355.2019.1650499

The Excavations beneath Wilson’s Arch: New Light on Roman Period Jerusalem

Joe Uziel, Tehillah Lieberman, Avi Solomon

The Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology

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Abstract

Since it was discovered in the 19th century, Wilson’s Arch has been at the heart of discussions about Jerusalem’s urban development. We excavated beneath the arch for three consecutive years and exposed eight strata ranging from the Hasmonean period to Ottoman times. Here we present our results and discuss our finds with particular emphasis on two issues: the date of the arch’s construction and the discovery of a small 2nd century CE theatre-like structure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	237-266
Number of pages	30
Journal	Tel Aviv
Volume	46
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03344355.2019.1650499
State	Published - 3 Jul 2019

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© 2019, © The Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University 2019.

Funding

The excavations were carried out on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority (License Numbers 7514, 7633, 7900 and 8205), and funded by the Western Wall Heritage Foundation.

Funders	Funder number
Israel Antiquities Authority	8205
Western Wall Heritage Foundation

Keywords

Aelia Capitolina
Bouleterion
Herodian
Jerusalem
Odeon
Wilson’s Arch

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