Herodian Quarter archaeological site

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archaeological site museum tourist attraction

The Herodian Quarter archaeological site is an extensive complex of well-preserved Second Temple–period priestly homes and artifacts displayed beneath the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City.

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Label Occurrences
Herodian Quarter 1
Herodian Quarter (Wohl Archaeological Museum) 1
Herodian Quarter Museum 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
museum ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Herodian architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Herodian dynasty ⓘ
contains coins ⓘ
domestic artifacts ⓘ
frescoes ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
mikvaot ⓘ
mosaics ⓘ
oil lamps ⓘ
priestly residential houses ⓘ
ritual baths ⓘ
stone vessels ⓘ
storage jars ⓘ
country Israel ⓘ
destroyedDuring Roman destruction of the Second Temple ⓘ
surface form: Roman destruction of Jerusalem
destroyedIn 70 CE ⓘ
excavatedAfter Six-Day War ⓘ
excavatedBy Nahman Avigad ⓘ
excavatedIn 1960s ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Herodian Quarter archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Herodian Quarter

Herodian Quarter archaeological site ⓘ
surface form: Herodian Quarter Museum
hasExhibitionType in situ archaeological display ⓘ
hasFeature elaborate dining rooms ⓘ
multi-story residential structures ⓘ
ornamental stucco work ⓘ
underground walkways ⓘ
heritagePeriod Second Temple period ⓘ
locatedBelow street level of the Jewish Quarter ⓘ
locatedIn Israel ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ
surface form: Jewish Quarter

Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form: Old City of Jerusalem
near Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ
surface form: Cardo of the Jewish Quarter

Hurva Synagogue ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
partOf Jerusalem Old City archaeological remains ⓘ
religiousContext Judaism ⓘ
significance evidence of affluent priestly life in Second Temple Jerusalem ⓘ
important for study of Jewish purity practices ⓘ
major Second Temple period domestic complex in Jerusalem ⓘ
timeOfUse late Second Temple period ⓘ
touristType biblical archaeology tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jewish Quarter of the Old City → contains → Herodian Quarter archaeological site ⓘ
Herodian Quarter archaeological site → hasAlternativeName → Herodian Quarter archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herodian Quarter
Herodian Quarter archaeological site → hasAlternativeName → Herodian Quarter archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herodian Quarter Museum
Western Hill of Jerusalem → hasArchaeologicalSite → Herodian Quarter archaeological site ⓘ
this entity surface form: Herodian Quarter (Wohl Archaeological Museum)