In this undated photo, workers clear a dig site believed to be Jerusalem’s ‘Third Wall’ breached by armies commanded by the Roman emperor Titus in A.D. 70 (Yoli Shwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority) Archaeologists say they’ve found evidence of a battlefield from the Roman emperor Titus’ siege of Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Recent excavations revealed a section of the so-called “Third Wall” of Jerusalem that Titus’ army breached on its way to conquering the city, according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). TWO NEW CAVITIES DETECTED IN EGYPT’S GREAT PYRAMID Outside the wall, the archaeologists found that the ground was littered with large ballista stones (stones used as projectiles with a type of crossbow) and sling stones, suggesting that this area had been under heavy fire from Roman siege engines. SKELETON FOUND IN CASTLE MAY BE DOOMED LOVER These archaeological remains were unearthed last winter at the site where the campus of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design is to be built, in an area of the city that is known today as the Russian Compound, IAA officials said. “This is a fascinating testimony of the intensive bombardment by the Roman army, led by Titus, on their way to conquering the…
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