Yana Tchekhanovets¹,*, Кirill А. Vach²,**
¹ Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem, Israel
² Research and Publishing Centre “Indrik”, Moscow, Russia

*E-mail: yanatchk@gmail.com
**E-mail: k_vach@mail.ru

Keywords: Jerusalem, salvage excavations, urban archaeology, Byzantine period, historical archaeology, Russian presence.

The article describes the results of salvage excavations in Musrara, an historical district of Jerusalem located in the immediate proximity of the Old City walls. The excavations revealed the remains of Byzantine monastic complex dated to the 6th–7th cc. CE, and the foundations of a large structure a of the late 19th c., built by initiative of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for employees of the Russian Consulate in Jerusalem.

DOI: 10.31857/S086960630005678-4