As Jesus walked through the ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem, his feet met with slabs of earth, a ground tone that was geometric in design and cool, dappled and scuffed to the touch.
Israeli archaeologists and masons have such an understanding that, drawing on historical relics and texts, they have recreated the sacred floor so that it is known today.
Israeli archaeologists uncover a floor replica of a Roman Jewish temple in Jerusalem, near the Old City of Jerusalem
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“We even made the scratches and all sorts of marks that created the same view as it used to at the time,” archaeologist Assaf Avraham told Reuters near the square one replica. meter, high on the Mount of Olives, overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem and sacred sites.
According to the New Testament, Jesus went to the temple as a boy for pilgrimage and study and, as an older preacher, threw out trade money in anger. John’s Gospel describes “walking in the temple in Solomon’s portico”.
Israeli archaeologist Assaf Avraham is polarizing floral replicas of a Jewish temple in Roman times Jerusalem
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The temple was designed by King Herod, like other large structures in Judea in Roman times. Remains of tiles from these ruins told archaeologists what materials were used – hand-made limestone and Dead Sea stone, as well as imported marble – and that it was the decorated “Opus Sectile” style.
Josephus Flavius, a Jewish historian at the time, wrote that temple courts were “laid down with stones of all kinds”, another sign that the colors were of different colors and textures.
Stone, according to archaeologists, was used for flooring in a Jewish temple in Roman times Jerusalem
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Recreating the floor was a “very difficult task” that took seven months, said Avi Tavisal, manager of the team of craftsmen.
“But it was really interesting, and we did it with all our hearts,” he said. “Hopefully this is something that people can come and see and feel and touch and feel like it was 2,000 years ago.”