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  • This ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem is where Jesus once went for pilgrimage and studied as a boy 2000 years ago.

  • His feet to met the hewn stone earth tone tiles inside the walls of this temple.

  • Now, after seven months of studying relics and historical texts, Israeli archaeologist and masons unveiled their recreation of the sacred flooring that Jesus Feet once touched.

  • Asaf Abraham is one of the archaeologists involved in the project.

  • What we try to do, we tried to create a realistic ancient floor from the time of the second Temple period.

  • We even make the scratches and all kind off marks that created the same appearance as it used to look like.

  • At the time of the second Temple period, surviving tiles from the temple ruins told the archaeologist what material had been used.

  • Hand tooled local limestone, dead sea stone as well as imported marble.

  • While we were sifting the dirt, we suddenly eso remains off an ancient floor tiles there, declarative and colorful.

  • We remember Josephus Flavius, the Jewish historian that describe the Temple Mount Floor, the open court that was paving with colorful stones, and they were talking about the opposite.

  • Taylor style of the fanciest style at that time, and we can just imagine who walked on these floors.

  • We're talking about pilgrims, Jewish from all over the world and, of course, Jesus that describing in the gospel of John that usedto walk and meet people on the Temple Mount.

  • The team manager Evita Vessel says he hopes people will enjoy coming to see the final product, the crafting of which he described as tough work.

  • But it was very interesting, very interesting and very, you know, way make it with all the heart.

This ancient Jewish temple in Jerusalem is where Jesus once went for pilgrimage and studied as a boy 2000 years ago.

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