File:Roman Centaur Tile of Al-Aqsa Mosque.jpg

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English: Tile in the floor of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem thought to be from the Roman Period (135 - 325 CE). Presumably related to pagan religious construction on the Temple Mount at that time. Discovered by Robert William Hamilton (1905-1995) during renovations to Al-Aqsa Mosque in the 1930s. This image is held in the archives of the Rockefeller Museum in Jerusalem.
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Source Robert William Hamilton's archives in the Palestine Archaeological Museum (today the Rockefeller Museum) in Jerusalem.
Author Robert William Hamilton (1905-1995).

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