Museum
הרובע ההרודיאני - The Wohl Archaeological Museum
Underground priestly homes burned in seventy CE, with mosaics and a scorched kitchen frozen in ash.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Wohl Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem explores grand Herodian-era mansions unearthed in the city's Upper City by archaeologist Nahman Avigad between 1969 and 1982. It follows one house in particular, marked by a stone weight inscribed with the name of the priestly Kathros family, remembered in the Talmud for abusing their Temple positions. Coins found in the debris date no later than 69 CE, the year before Roman legions broke into the Upper City that September. Look for the scorched beams and an iron spear left propped in a corner, signs of a stand made in the chaos.
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