Abstract
Since its discovery and documentation in the nineteenth century, Wilson’s Arch—the final arch along a stone-built bridge known as the “Great Causeway”—has been a focal point of discussion concerning Jerusalem’s urban development and the access to the most central feature in the city’s landscape, the Temple Mount. This paper presents the results of three years of excavation beneath the arch, where eight strata were exposed, ranging in date from the Hasmonean until the Ottoman period. These finds are discussed in light of two main issues: the construction date of Wilson’s Arch; and the second-century CE small theater-like structure and its importance for understanding the development of the Roman colony of Aelia Capitolina.
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Uziel, Joe; Lieberman, Tehilla; and Solomon, Avi
(2022)
"قنطرة ويلسون: أسئلة وتساؤلات بعد عامين من التنقيب / Wilson's Arch: Innovations and Questions After Two Years of Excavation,"
Cornerstone: Journal of Archaeological Sites (حجر الزاوية): Vol. 10, Article 37.
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/cornerstone/vol10/iss1/37
