This underground complex at the Tower of David
Museum could have been the site of the trial of
Jesus(Oded Antman, Israeli Ministry of Tourism)
Israeli government-backed archaeologists believe
they have found the site where the trial of Jesus
before the Romans was held, a location near the
Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem.
The trial of Jesus, where Roman procurator Pontius
Pilate sentenced Christ to death, is believed by
some to have taken place in a part of Herod's
Palace.
But its exact location and the route taken by
pilgrims from the trial to where Jesus was crucified
and buried (known as the " Via Dolorosa"
continues to be hotly debated by archaeologists,
historians, Christian spiritual leaders and scholars.
According to the Washington Post , the remains of
Herod's Palace were found by Jerusalem district
archaeologists 15 years ago beneath an
abandoned building located adjacent to the Tower
of David Museum in Jerusalem's Old City.
The building was being excavated as part of plans
to expand the Tower of David Museum and
beneath it, an old prison was discovered, which
was in use when the area was under the control of
the Ottoman Turks and the British, prior to the
creation of Israel.
But while peeling back the layers of the prison,
archaeologists discovered fabric-dyeing basins
dating back to the Crusades, together with
foundations walls and an underground sewage
system possibly belonging to the huge palace built
by Herod the Great.
The Gospels state Jesus of Nazareth was brought
before Pontius Pilate in the "praetorium", a Latin
term referring to the tent of a general in a Roman
encampment.
Some scholars argue the praetorium would have
been located in the Roman military barracks, which
was at Antonia Fortress, about 1km away, while
others say Pilate would have been a personal
guest of King Herod, and as such, the trial took
place in the palace compound.
The Tower of David, an ancient citadel located near
the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem
(EdoM, Wikimedia Commons)
In the Gospel of John, the trial of Jesus was
described as taking place near a gate and on a
bumpy stone pavement, and these details seem to
fit with previous archaeological findings near the
prison.
"There is, of course, no inscription stating it
happened here, but everything — archaeological,
historical and gospel accounts — all falls into place
and makes sense," Shimon Gibson, an archaeology
professor at the University of North Carolina, told
the Washington Post.
The Tower of David Museum stands on the site of
the Jerusalem Citadel, an ancient citadel dating
back to the Mamluk and Ottoman periods located
near the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City.
The museum says the tour of the underground
complex "reveals the timeline of Jerusalem" and
visitors can expect to see archaeological
discoveries from many different periods in history.
The tour lasts for two hours and tickets cost 45
Israeli New Shekel (£7.50, $11.40) for adults and
35 Israeli New Shekel (£5.80, $8.87) for students.
In December, archaeologists announced they had
discovered an unused gateway leading to Herod's
Palace underneath Herodium
, a hilltop fortress built 12km south of Jerusalem.

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