Guest
Guest
 |  Subject: Newfound Mount Zion 'Mansion' May Hold Clues to Jesus' Jerusalem  Wed Sep 18, 2013 11:14 am | |
| Newfound Mount Zion 'Mansion' May Hold Clues to Jesus' JerusalemBy Megan Gannon, News Editor | September 17, 2013 12:54pm ET
| This image shows the archaeological site at Jerusalem's Mount Zion. Researchers say they found the ruins of a mansion at the site that likely got buried under rubble and soil fill after the Roman siege of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
: Shimon Gibson
View full size image
|
During new excavations at Jerusalem's storied Mount Zion, archaeologists uncovered the remains of a possible mansion that's 2,000 years old. The dig leaders think the building and its contents could shed light on the wealthy class of Jerusalem during Jesus' day.Artifacts and other clues suggest the mansion may have been thehome of an elite Jewish family during the early Roman period, the researchers said. The building would have been located close to the expansive complex of Herod the Great, and inside, excavators found traces of an exceptional bathroom and the shells of sea snails that were valued for their rich purple dye."If this turns out to be the priestly residence of a wealthy first-century Jewish family, it immediately connects not just to the elite of Jerusalem — the aristocrats, the rich and famous of that day — but to Jesus himself," James Tabor, the dig's co-director, said in a statement. [Proof of Jesus Christ? 7 Pieces of Evidence Debated
] |
|
