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June 5, 2020

Scientists Demonstrate That an Arch Attached to the Western Wall Was Built Before the Second Temple’s Destruction

Carbon dating Wilson’s Arch.

Named after the 19th-century British explorer and archaeologist Charles William Wilson, Wilson’s Arch is located at the northern end of the Western Wall, and prayer services frequently take place in the area underneath it. Israeli scientists have recently made a breakthrough in pinpointing its date of construction, using radiocarbon dating and the emerging techniques of microarchaeology. The Public Library of Science reports:

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