The Third Wall of Jerusalem

According to Josephus, Judean king Agrippa I (r. 41–44 C.E.) began construction of a third city wall of Jerusalem to protect a new quarter that grew north beyond the first and second city walls. Agrippa stopped work on the short additional wall after laying only the foundation—out of fear that Roman emperor Claudius would suspect he was planning a revolt. Jewish rebels subsequently completed this wall in haste leading up to the First Jewish Revolt (66–70 C.E.). Where is the so-called Third Wall?a Archaeologists have been debating the identification of the Third Wall since the 1920s. Recently, Israel Antiquity […]