Jerusalem 1

Jerusalem is a very old city. This photo shows a Roman-era part which is the lowest level. Nearby we had mint tea (regular tea with mint leaves floating in it). Roman vestiges are seen in many places. The blocks of stone are larger than later ones and show a particular beveling along the top edges. The old city has been built and destroyed and renovated over and over in the past 20 centuries plus. Nothing remains of the times before the Roman occupation in the 1st and 2nd centuries although it was inhabited for 1,000 years before that.