Museum
הבית השרוף - The Burnt House
Excavated Second Temple-era priestly residence, torched during the Roman siege and preserved six meters below street level.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Burnt House in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter follows archaeologist Nahman Avigad's 1970 excavation of a priestly residence belonging to the Kathros family, torched when Roman legions destroyed the city's Upper City in the year 70. Coins scattered through the debris, all minted between 67 and 69, pin down the moment the fire began. It traces what the ash preserved six meters below today's street level, and the fragments of a life caught inside it.
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