Editor'g Iitroductoi * 14 the support system for laying the foundations of the wall . The second part of the paper focuses on the segment of foundations uncovered during the excavation and various insights derived from an exacting examination of Western Wall stones in this segment, including a hypothesis about the existence of a training workshop in this area for builders at the time the Western Wall was built . The paper by Ari Levy of the Israel Antiquities Authority, who is excavating the stepped street ascending from the Pool of Shiloah towards the Temple Mount, focuses on finds from the Late Roman period . Following on the research of his predecessors, Levy believes that the Tyropoeon Valley leading northward from the Pool of Shiloah continued to serve as a central axis for the development of the city even after the destruction in 70 CE and after the founding of the colonia of Aelia Capitolina . The new archaeological evidence indicates that activity in the area was primary agricu...
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