In August 2017, a trial excavation was conducted inside a building at
the corner of Aqaba al-Khanqa Street and Ethiopian Monastery Street in the
Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem (Permit No. A-8083; map ref.
221913/631840; Fig. 1), prior to the establishment of a cultural center for
Jerusalem's Christian Ethiopian community. The excavation, undertaken on
behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, was directed by Y.D. Kagan, with
the assistance of N. Nehama and S. Cohen (administration), V. Essman
(surveying), O. Rose (photogrammetry and plans), A. de Vincenz (pottery;
appendix), B. Ouahnouna (glass), I. Lidsky-Reznikov (pottery drawing), V.
Nosikovsky (cleaning of organic finds), C. Amit (studio photography) and H.
Bitan (location maps). Israel Antiquities Authority workers participated in
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