Archaeologists have uncovered one of the monumental fortifications that protected the kings of Jerusalem
In the City of David in the Jerusalem Walls National Park, archaeologists from the Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University have discovered a huge fortification moat, at least nine meters deep and at least 30 meters wide.
Throughout the last 150 years, many attempts have been made to identify the moat, and now it has been revealed for the first time. The moat was designed to protect the upper city where the temple and the palace were located, and to separate it from the lower city.
The City of David in blue and white: the Israeli flag in the place where Jerusalem was born
The Israeli flag was projected onto a 2,600-year-old antiquities, in the place where Jerusalem's ruling was located.
The longest suspension bridge in the country was also painted blue and white.
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