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Archaeologists recently uncovered charred wooden beams in Jerusalem<\/a> dating back roughly 2,600 years \u2014 likely remnants of the destruction of Solomon’s Temple.<\/p>\n

The discovery<\/a>, which was found beneath a parking lot in the City of David, was announced by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) in July.<\/p>\n

IAA officials said the wood was found “within a building that collapsed by the intense fire at the time of the First Temple’s destruction.”<\/p>\n

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Their statement added, “What likely preserved the beams for approximately 2,600 years was plaster that melted from the building’s walls, sealing the burnt wood beneath it.”<\/p>\n

Solomon’s Temple, also called the First Temple, was destroyed by Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 B.C., after his army captured Jerusalem following a lengthy siege.<\/p>\n

It was originally built by King Solomon in the 10th century B.C. as the permanent house for the Ark of the Covenant<\/a>, according to Scripture.<\/p>\n

The destruction of Solomon’s Temple ushered in the Second Temple period<\/a>, the era of Judaism in which Jesus lived and practiced.<\/p>\n

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Efrat Bocher, an excavation director, said that the beams “appear to have served as the roof of an inner courtyard.”<\/p>\n

“During the destruction, they collapsed onto the floor,” Bocher said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“We believe that the plaster cladding of the building’s walls, melted by the fire, covered the charred wooden beams, and ultimately enabled their exceptional preservation.”<\/p>\n

The beams contain an unusually high number of growth rings, giving researchers the potential to narrow their dating to within about a decade.<\/p>\n

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“It is very rare<\/a> in Israel to find wood with such a large number of growth rings,” said Johanna Regev, a radiocarbon dating expert at IAA.<\/p>\n

“Here, in the City of David, we found thick beams with many rings, offering significant research potential \u2014 with more growth rings enabling higher dating resolution,” she noted, according to the IAA.<\/p>\n

Regev added, “Until now, we could date finds within a range of hundreds of years<\/a>. Now we can attain much greater precision, narrowing the dating range down to as little as 10 years.”<\/p>\n

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Interestingly, experts believe Jerusalem’s residents likely chose to preserve the memory of the destruction by leaving the ruins in place.<\/p>\n

“Preserving memory is a human need, seeking to preserve what once existed,” excavation director Yiftah Shalev said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Here we see it in its clearest form: a deliberate choice to leave ruins in place as a testament to the destruction and build the new layer over them.”<\/p>\n

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In a statement, Bocher called the discovery “deeply moving.”<\/p>\n

It “makes you feel that you are witnessing the very moment of destruction, the moment when it all happened,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Jerusalem, known as the Eternal City<\/a>, is the setting of countless notable archaeological discoveries per year.<\/p>\n

Last year, archaeologists in Jerusalem uncovered the longest and best-preserved section of the city’s Hasmonean-era wall<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, excavators uncovered a “mysterious and impressive” ancient tunnel<\/a> near Jerusalem’s biblical-era Kingdom of Judah.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/travel\/holy-land-discovery-reveals-ancient-charred-relics-one-jerusalems-darkest-chapters <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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