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March 14, 2017

Remnants of an Ancient Roman Road Discovered outside Jerusalem

The Empire’s Road.

Excavating the area outside the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh, archaeologists have found traces of a 2,000-year-old road that once connected a Roman town with the area’s then-major highway, known as the Emperor’s Road. The Israel Antiquities Authority writes:

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