Jul 17, 2019 · After six years of excavations, Israel has officially opened the ancient Pilgrim’s road, a 2,000-year-old stepped stone path that connected the Pool of Siloam, where Jesus is said to have cured the blind man, to the ancient Jewish Temple, where Jesus would have prayed.

Jan 8, 2023 · Hidden from view beneath the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, the underground road is marked by stone steps that lead all the way from the Pool of Siloam at the bottom of east Jerusalem’s Silwan...

Nov 4, 2019 · An epic Pilgrim’s road and Biblical coins unearthed in Jerusalem have shone a new light on one of the Bible’s most reviled figures. This 26-foot wide limestone route would have led between the sacred sites of the Siloam Pool and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

Nov 6, 2024 · The Pilgrimage Road in the City of David is considered one of the most expensive and complex excavations currently taking place in Israel, due to all of the construction required and the challenging underground conditions of the excavation.

The stepped street, as it is known from academic works, [1] or the Jerusalem pilgrim road as it has been dubbed by the Ir David Foundation, [2] is the early Roman period street connecting the Temple Mount from its southwestern corner, to Jerusalem's southern gates of the time via the Pool of Siloam. [1]

Mar 3, 2018 · One such pilgrim road can be found at an upward pass at Beit Horon, about 10 miles northwest of Jerusalem, according to BAR columnists Yotam Tepper and Yigal Tepper (who are son and father, respectively). This road is comprised …

Hidden from view beneath the Arab neighborhood of Silwan, the underground road is marked by stone steps that lead all the way from the Pool of Siloam at the bottom of east Jerusalem’s Silwan Valley up to the foot of the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. Northern perimeter of the Pool of Siloam. (Koby Harati/City of David Archives)

Oct 7, 2020 · The Pilgrimage Road was travelled by Jewish pilgrims obeying the Biblical commandment to travel to Jerusalem three times a year for a Temple sacrifice – at Passover, Shavuot (Pentecost), and Succoth (Feast of Tabernacles).

Nov 7, 2023 · The Pilgrimage Road was the main thoroughfare connecting the northern and southern sectors of Jerusalem. It is 26 feet wide and some 650 yards long, with the remains of ancient shops on either side, and ends at the Western Wall.

Jul 1, 2019 · The newest and most exciting new location is the “Pilgrim Road”, the ancient road that was discovered in 2004 when a sewage pipe broke and it revealed the biblical “Pool of Siloam”. They then discovered a road that led directly from the pool to the Temple Mount.