Page 10 - Holyland Magazine - 2018 Edition

Thousands of years of history
in thirty minutes

Discover the rich life lived below the city streets

Robinson's Arch. Photos: The Company Madaba Map
for the Reconstruction and Development
of the Jewish Quarter

David Ansbacher Take, for example, the Burnt House, the

Visitors to the Old City of Jerusalem private home of the Katros family, wealthy
experience the vibrant and fast-paced
life that is seasoned with a rich variety of priests and members of Jerusalem's
scents, sounds and flavors. A panoply
of outfits in a rainbow of colors, all aristocracy. They own an impressive property
representing numerous and special traditions
and cultures. in the center of Jerusalem, in an excellent

Alongside what you see on the surface, if you location that overlooks the Temple. Two
dig deeper, enthralling stories of families and
individuals, priests and commoners, prophets archaeological excavations revealed two
and kings await you - and their secrets
reverberate to this very day right below the identical round stone weights. One was Mosaic stalls in the Cardo
city streets. found in 1970, exactly 2000 years after
the house had been burnt down and
All you need to do the next time you visit the
Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem is destroyed at the end of the Second
to open the door, walk down a few feet and
discover the fascinating and exciting drama. Temple era, and the other was found

in 2014. Both of them have the same

inscription! “De’bei Katros” [belonging

to the House of Katros]. To round

out the picture, let's turn to Jewish

sources from the time of the Second

Temple that indicate that the

Katros family was responsible for

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