Archeologists found traces of a city from the era of the First
Temple.
Jerusalem. According
to the Jewish Press agency, on the territory of the training base of the
Israeli military forces, the archeologists found the traces of the city of the period
of the First Temple, which was considered lost forever after the earthquake.
The excavations
were conducted near the city of Beit El in Samaria. The scientists found out
that at first only dozens of people lived in that place. However, during the time
of the Persians’ rule and the era of the Hasmoneans (2-1st
century B.C.) the settlement grew to the city scales.
“It is a wonderful
discovery! We found the keys from the doors of dwelling houses, the instruments
that had been used by the Jews and the buildings that refer to the period of
the First Temple”, - says Eugene Aharonovich, an archeologists from the Beit El
administration.
The scientists found out that during the time of the Roman reign the city was
empty for a long time. However, during the Byzantine period the city was settled
by the Christian monks, who built there a monastery. The archeologists found a
church, a refectory and a well-preserved bath-house.
“The Byzantine
settlement existed until the invasion of the Muslims in the 7th
century, when it was destroyed, and the Christian inhabitants were exiled. Then
the Muslims took their place. Among the findings that refer to that period
there are also the storages with a large amount of barrels that had been used
in olive oil trade”, - says the archeologist.
According to
his words, the city literally went into the earth as a result of the earthquake
happened in 748 and since then it was considered lost forever.
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