Israel National News reports, in an article by Samuel Sokol, plans to conduct a archaeological dig under the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
Israel is planning a major archaeological dig under the Western Wall (Kotel) plaza, opposite the Temple Mount, officials announced Thursday. The excavations will create an archaeological park directly underneath the area where worshippers currently stand while praying at the Kotel.
The current prayer area will remain open, supported by pillars, while a new area will be added underneath, at the level at which worshippers at the ancient Temple stood in the past.
The complete article may be read here, and another here from The Jerusalem Post.
This drawing shows the planned part underneath the present pavement at the Western Wall.
Proposed Western Wall archaeological park. Photo: Antiquities Authority.
Here is the way this area looks at the present time.
The Western Wall platform. View to north toward Wilson's Arch. Photo by F. Jenkins.
HT: Joseph Lauer
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