Top archaeological finds of 2015

An overview of an excavation area at the City of David Archeology Park outside the Old City of Jerusalem, near the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, November 3, 2015. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, after years of excavations underneath the Givati parking lot, the remains of a stronghold, the Acra, used by the Greeks more than 2,000 years ago to control the Temple Mount during the reign of King Antiochus Epiphanes (c. 215-164 BCE) were discovered at the excavation site.