Israeli authorities inaugurated a nature park near Jerusalem after five years of archaeological excavations at Ein Hanya, the second-largest spring in the Judean Hills and a key site in the history of Christianity. Along with an announcement that the park will open to the public free of charge within months, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed some major findings at the site, including a column capital typical of royal structures from the First Temple era and one of the oldest coins ever discovered in the Jerusalem area.
The statement said that many of the finds were dated to the time of the First Temple, about 2,400 to 2,800 years ago.
A silver Greek drachma coin from the 4th century BCE, described as one of the most ancient ever, found at excavations at Ein Haniya, near Jerusalem, and revealed to the public on January 31, 2018. (Clara Amit/Israel Antiquities Authority)
The main find from that period was a fragment of a proto-Ionic column capital, an artistic element typical of structures and estates of the kings in the First Temple period, the IAA said, adding that an image of such a capital appears on the Israeli NIS 5 coin.
Similar capitals have been found in the City of David in Jerusalem and at Ramat Rahel, where one of the palaces of the kings of Judah was uncovered, the statement said, as well as in Samaria, Megiddo and Hazor, which were major cities in the ancient Kingdom of Israel.
Archaeologists estimated that the site at Ein Hanya may have been a royal estate during the First Temple period.
“We believe that some early Christian commentators identified Ein Hanya as the site where the Ethiopian eunuch was baptized, as described in Acts 8:26-40,” said the IAA’s Jerusalem district archaeologist, Dr. Yuval Baruch.
“The baptism of the eunuch by St. Philip was one of the key events in the spread of Christianity,” he said. “Therefore, identifying the place where it occurred kept scholars busy for many generations and became a common motif in Christian art. It’s no wonder that part of the site is still owned by Christians and is a focus of religious ceremonies, both for the Armenian Church and the Ethiopian Church.”
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