Remains of Jerusalem's Main Street to the Temple in Herod's time (1st cent BC)

Remains of this Herodian street, running about 1 km was once paved with flagstones. It had two drainage channels beneath and shops opening on both sides. You can still see a building with 4 shops on the 5P. The building was the base for staircase that allowed the visitors to climb up to the temple via Robinson's Arch (see below). The shops traded money and sold offerings for the visitors to the temple mount. Most probably these shops faced the wrath of Jesus 2000 years ago (Mark 11:15-18, John 2:13-16). Collapsed on the paved street are stones hurled down by Roman soldiers, left exactly as they fell after destruction of the Jerusalem Temple in AD 70.