Photo shows the carved hand on the moat wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel, undated. Archaeologists discovered the remains of a moat and a mysterious hand imprint outside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City. Note: Licensed photo (Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash)
Copyrights: Yoli Schwartz, Israel Antiquities Authority/Newsflash
26 January 2023
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At first glance, it seems like the touch of ancient history reaching out to the future from the 1,000-year-old walls built in Jerusalem to defy the Crusaders. A handprint left in the defences of the the old city has been unearthed by roadworks around the giant moat that once kept Christian...