“Jerusalem’s ‘Roman Cardo’ Isn’t Roman After All”, headlined a March issue of the Jerusalem Post. From there, the story spread to other media, correcting earlier erroneous reports that Prof. Nachman Avigad had found part of the Roman Cardo in his excavations in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. According to Prof. Avigad, the part of the Cardo he found should be dated to the Byzantine period, rather than to the Roman period. In making the correction, the Jerusalem Post article stated that the part of the Cardo Avigad found had earlier been “presumed by all—including other […]
