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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/629961.html
New Archaeological Site Unveiled in Jerusalem
(AP/Ha'aretz) Israel unveiled an underground archaeological site near the Western Wall on Tuesday, including a ritual bath, or mikveh, from the period of the Second Jewish Temple, destroyed in 70 CE, and a wall that archaeologists said dates to the First Jewish Temple, destroyed in 586 BCE. The findings strengthen Jewish ties to the shrine. The new tourist center snakes underground, adjacent to the path of the Western Wall, the last remaining retaining wall of the Temple. When the center is opened in a few weeks, visitors will be presented with a sound and light show of Jewish biblical history, highlighting recent discoveries of artifacts and infrastructure dating back thousands of years, including one of the world's oldest aqueducts.