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Stepped street (Jerusalem)

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31: 79: 117:. The ancient path was improved and paved in large, well-cut stone in the pattern of two steps followed by a long landing, followed by two more steps and another landing. The street was eight meters wide and its length from the Pool to the Temple Mount is 600 meters. A 153:
in 1969–1971, followed by Ronny Reich (alone or in collaboration with Yakov Billig, then Eli Shukron) between 1999 and 2011 (including findings from the drainage channel running beneath the street), and
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between 1894 and 1897. The find was reburied when their excavation concluded. Other sections were uncovered, then reburied, by later archaeologists, Jones in 1937 and
386: 62:.The stepped street was built at the earliest during the 30s CE, with the latest coin found under the pavement dating to 30–31 CE, during the governorship of 499: 369: 316: 342: 494: 489: 193:. However, Professor Elitzur opposes this interpretation and argues that the Pool of Siloam was a typical Roman public swimming pool. 30: 474: 479: 217: 78: 299: 394: 142: 366: 454: 274: 94: 275:"Jerusalem, City of David [stepped street dig, July 2013 - end 2014], Preliminary Report (21/08/2016)" 227: 197: 162: 118: 51: 222: 138: 166: 106: 205: 87: 47: 429: 134: 233: 114: 181:, who for several years led the dig uncovering the ancient street together with archaeologist 421: 484: 373: 146: 161:
According to Israeli archaeologists, the street was rediscovered during excavations on a
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from its southwestern corner, to Jerusalem's southern gates of the time via the
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The street went from Jerusalem's southern gates, along the ancient
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in 1961–1967. More details about the street were published by
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for ritual purification before walking up the street to the
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Second Temple Period Street Discovered, at gojerusalem.com
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after passing underneath the Herodian bridge now known as
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Sections of the ancient street were first discovered by
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Index

Jerusalem pilgrim road

Ir David Foundation
early Roman period
Temple Mount
Pool of Siloam
Pontius Pilate
New Testament

Pool of Siloam
Temple Mount
City of David
Palestinian
Silwan
Old City
Western Wall
Robinson's Arch
large drainage channel
Charles Warren
Bliss
Dickey
Palestine Exploration Fund
Kathleen Kenyon
Benjamin Mazar
Eilat Mazar
water channel
Second Temple period
Ronny Reich
Eli Shukron
mikveh

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