Coins found under Jerusalem's Western Wall hints that sacred site NOT built by Herod

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CGI's BillsBest: Coins found under Jerusalem's Western Wall hints that sacred site NOT built by Herod

Posted By: Susoni
Date: Sunday, 29-Jul-2012 21:56:45

Posted by Bill Rummel By Rob Waugh Ancient site holy to both Jews AND Muslims Coins stamped with successor to Pontius Pilate Construction 'had not even begun' by Herod's death The history of one of the world's holiest sites - sacred to both Jews and Muslims - is set to be rewritten, following a surprise discovery in a ritual bath beneath the complex. Two ancient bronze coins, which according to Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists were struck by the Roman procurator of Judea, Valerius Gratus, in the year 17/18 CE - raising questions over the history of Jerusalem Two ancient bronze coins, which according to Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists were struck by the Roman procurator of Judea, Valerius Gratus, in the year 17/18 CE - raising questions over the history of Jerusalem It proves that the Wall - supposedly built by Herod, the Jewish king who features prominently in the Gospels, was in fact built much later. Newly found coins underneath Jerusalem’s Western Wall could change the accepted belief about the construction of one of the world’s most sacred sites two millennia ago, Israeli archaeologists said Wednesday. The man usually credited with building the compound known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary is Herod, a Jewish ruler who died in 4 B.C. Herod’s monumental compound replaced and expanded a much older Jewish temple complex on the same site. But archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority now say diggers have found coins underneath the massive foundation stones of the compound’s Western Wall that were stamped by a Roman proconsul 20 years after Herod’s death...full story>> Coins found under Jerusalem's Western Wall hints that sacred site NOT built by Herod http://chasvoice.blogspot.com/2012/07/coins-found-under-jerusalems-western.html