New find sheds light on ancient site in Jerusalem

Описание: (23 Nov 2011) SHOTLIST
1. Tilt down of Western Wall
2. Wide of Western Wall
3. Various of tunnel
4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Eli Shukron, archaeologist, Israel Antiquities Authority:
"In here we found coins and china vases, as well as other findings. We date the location to 20 years before King Herod's time"
5. Tilt down of workers at the site
6. Close of coin
7. Tilt up of vase
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Ronny Reich, University of Haifa:
"This means that the Western Wall of the Temple Mount simply could not have been built in the days of King Herod who passed away in the year 4 BC and here we are 16 Common Era (AD), 20 years after his death."
9. Close up of coin
10. Wide of three vases
11. Western wall
12. Wide of Western Wall
STORYLINE
Israeli archaeologists say newly discovered coins change the accepted belief about the construction in Jerusalem two millennia ago of one of the world's most sacred compounds.
It was long thought that the compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, was built in its entirety by Herod, a Jewish ruler who died in 4 BC.
But archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Wednesday that diggers have found coins underneath the foundations of the compound's western wall that date to 20 years after Herod's death.
That indicates Herod could not have built that wall.
Instead, he believes construction must have taken longer than was thought and was likely completed by one of his descendants.

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