Rare "Grotesque" Half-Lamp Discovered on Jerusalem's Holiest Road
Redesigning the City of David for Defense After Jerusalem became the Roman colony of Aelia Capitolina in 136 AD, the building in which the lamp was discovered was abandoned as it lay on the old Pilgrimage Road along which ancient Jews walked to the Temple Mount three times a year to worship on Passover, Shavuot and Sukkot. The archaeologists say that this famous historic street was built and inaugurated during the period of Governor Pontius Pilates around the year 30 AD and that it was used for about 40 years until the temple was destroyed in 70 AD. The entire area surrounding the building ...
Source: ancient-origins.net