Remains of 2,700-Year-Old City Wall Discovered in Jerusalem

Archaeologists have uncovered a missing section of Jerusalem’s original Iron Age fortifications that were built at least 2,700 years ago. Most of the wall would have been destroyed during a Babylonian invasion in 586 B.C.E., according to the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), which announced the discovery this week.
A wall segment on the eastern slope of the City of David National Park, dating to the First Temple period (roughly the 8th century B.C.E.), was discovered last week in an exca