Jerusalem (Mount of Olives) - DOMINUS FLEVIT (8th century)

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Source of knowledge
Literary sources
Archaeological remains
Excavated site
Excavators: 
NameDate
Bagatti
1955-1956
State of certainty: 
Archaeologicaly definitive
Architectural evolution
General outline: 
The monastery was rebuilt sometime in the eighth century CE. The plan was probably very similar to the plan of the early monastery.
Dating material: 

Numismatic (coins dated  between 685-785) and literary  (Commemoratorium de casis Dei)

Phase date
Century: 
8th c.
General outline: 
The monastery was abandoned before the Crusader period but no precise dating has been offered.
Phase date
Century: 
Other
Post Arab conquest history: 
Built anew
Post conquest history comments: 
A later, Ottoman structure was built over part of the site.