Underground Christian Cave From 1st Century A.D. Exposed Near Jericho

Richard Schneider, the local bureau chief of the German TV station ARD, admires a Byzantine crucifix carved onto a stone pillar in an artificial underground cave quarry, which Israeli archaeologist Prefessor Adam Zertal dates to the 1st century A.D., on June 24, 2009 near the biblical city of Jericho in the West Bank. The unique cave, some 100 meters long and about 40 meters wide, was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and also could have been an early monastery, Zertal said. It is supported by 22 massive stone pillars, many of which are engraved with Byzantine crucifixes and other symbols including one attributed to a Roman legion.
Richard Schneider, the local bureau chief of the German TV station ARD, admires a Byzantine crucifix carved onto a stone pillar in an artificial underground cave quarry, which Israeli archaeologist Prefessor Adam Zertal dates to the 1st century A.D., on June 24, 2009 near the biblical city of Jericho in the West Bank. The unique cave, some 100 meters long and about 40 meters wide, was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and also could have been an early monastery, Zertal said. It is supported by 22 massive stone pillars, many of which are engraved with Byzantine crucifixes and other symbols including one attributed to a Roman legion.
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Israeli archaeologist Professor Adam Zertal points his torch to an engraving he believes represents the zodiac in an artificial underground cave quarry, which he dates to the 1st century A.D., on June 24, 2009 near the biblical city of Jericho in the West Bank. The unique cave, some 100 meters long and about 40 meters wide, was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and also could have been an early monastery, Zertal said. It is supported by 22 massive stone pillars, many of which are engraved with Byzantine crucifixes and other symbols including one attributed to a Roman legion. Visitors cast their shadows on the carved walls of an artificial underground cave quarry, which Israeli archaeologist Prefessor Adam Zertal dates to the 1st century A.D., on June 24, 2009 near the biblical city of Jericho in the West Bank. The unique cave, some 100 meters long and about 40 meters wide, was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and also could have been an early monastery, Zertal said. It is supported by 22 massive stone pillars, many of which are engraved with Byzantine crucifixes and other symbols including one attributed to a Roman legion. A Byzantine crucifix is seen carved onto a stone pillar in an artificial underground cave quarry, which Israeli archaeologist Prefessor Adam Zertal dates to the 1st century A.D., on June 24, 2009 near the biblical city of Jericho in the West Bank. The unique cave, some 100 meters long and about 40 meters wide, was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and also could have been an early monastery, Zertal said. It is supported by 22 massive stone pillars, many of which are engraved with Byzantine crucifixes and other symbols including one attributed to a Roman legion. Israeli archaeologist Professor Adam Zertal points his torch to an engraving he believes represents the zodiac in an artificial underground cave quarry, which he dates to the 1st century A.D., on June 24, 2009 near the biblical city of Jericho in the West Bank. The unique cave, some 100 meters long and about 40 meters wide, was originally a large quarry during the Roman and Byzantine era and also could have been an early monastery, Zertal said. It is supported by 22 massive stone pillars, many of which are engraved with Byzantine crucifixes and other symbols including one attributed to a Roman legion.
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