Английская Википедия:Broad Wall (Jerusalem)

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Marker showing presumed height of the wall
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Map of Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter, showing the Broad Wall

The Broad Wall (Шаблон:Lang-he HaChoma HaRechava) is an ancient defensive wall, located in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City. The wall was unearthed in the 1970s by Israeli archaeologist Nahman Avigad and dated to the reign of King Hezekiah (late eighth century BCE).

The Broad Wall is a massive defensive structure, seven meters thick. The unbroken length of wall uncovered by Avigad's dig runs Шаблон:Convert long and is preserved in places to a height of Шаблон:Convert.[1][2]

It was long believed that the city in this period was confined to the fortified, narrow hill running to the south of the Temple Mount known as the City of David. Avigad's dig demonstrated that by the late eighth century the city had expanded to include the hill to the west of the Temple Mount. The motivation for building the walls is believed to be Sennacherib's campaign in Judah. The wall might be referred to in Шаблон:Bibleverse and Шаблон:Bibleverse.

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  1. Jerusalem: an archaeological biography, Hershel Shanks, Random House, 1995, p. 80.
  2. Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem: The finds from areas A, W and X-2 : final report. Volume 2 of Jewish Quarter Excavations in the Old City of Jerusalem: Conducted by Nahman Avigad, 1969–1982, Nahman Avigad, Hillel Geva, Israel Exploration Society, 2000.