<< Other Photo Pages >> City of David - Ancient Village or Settlement in Israel
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DigsSite Name: City of David Alternative Name: Ir David, AcraCountry: Israel
NOTE: This site is 2.411 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Jerusalem
Latitude: 31.774000N Longitude: 35.236000E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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A narrow ridge running south from the Temple Mount. It was a walled city in the Bronze Age and, according to tradition, it is the place where King David built his palace and established his capital. It is the oldest neighbourhood of Jerusalem and a major archaeological site including the Gihon Spring, tunnels, and other water systems dating back to the Middle Bronze Age (2000–1550 BCE).
Earlier occupation dates to the Chalcolithic (4500–3500 BCE) but all succeeding periods are represented.
Currently portions of the City of David are open to the public as an archaeological parks. The excavations and control of the entire area are also hotly contested in regards control of the archaeology activities and the focus on Israeli or Palestinian interests. A highly controversial proposal is to make the entire ridge into a public park, forcing private owners to sell and residential areas to be eliminated.
Note: Rare first temple-era seal found in City of David, See the most recent comment on our page.
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