June
04
/ 2020
Historians and archaeologists have long argued about when exactly “Wilson’s Arch” in Jerusalem was built, with their estimates varying by 700 years. But now, a new cuttng-edge C14 testing method provides ‘extreme accuracy’ for the building of Wilson’s Arch. The old debate is settled by a new study of charred seeds and plant stems gathered from between the stones. Wilson's Arch is the modern name for an ancient stone arch located at the Northeast corner of Jerusalem's Western Wall Plaza, on the left hand of visitors facing the famous Wall that once served to protect the Solomon’s Temple. The arch was first documented in 1864 by 19th-century explorer and surveyor, Sir Charles William Wilson, after whom it is now named
