Return to Zion and the Second Temple Period
Return to Zion and the Second Temple Period

The Stones that Struck the Walls: Ballista Stones from the Siege on Jerusalem

In the picture: Ballista stones, found near the Temple Mount in the excavations of the Western Wall Tunnels, were the ammunition the Romans shot at the city, and they tell of the raging battles and the destruction they wrought on buildings and streets.