Large Stone Structure
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The Large Stone Structure is the name given to a set of archaeological remains interpreted by the excavator, Israeli archaeologist Eilat Mazar, as being part of a single large public building in the C
Part of the large stone structure.
Ruins of the Large Stone Structure
The wall of the Large Stone Structure (foreground) overlooking the Stepped Stone Structure
'David' by Michelangelo Fir JBU013
Millo
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The Millo was a structure in Jerusalem referred to in the Hebrew Bible, first mentioned as being part of the city of David in 2 Samuel 5:9 and the corresponding passage in the Books of Kings and later
Large Stone Structure
…that the stepped stone structure and the large stone structure are parts of a single, massive royal palace makes sense of the biblical reference to the Millo as the House of Millo in 2 Kings 12:21 and 2 Chronicles 24:25, describing it as the place where King Joash was assassinated in 799 BC while he slept…
Stepped stone structure/millo with the House of Ahiel to the left
Kidron Valley viewed from the Old City of Jerusalem, with Millo (Area G) to the lower right.