One would normally expect that the discovery of an ancient structure would cause excitement, but there was a hysterical response with condemnation to the recent discovery of the Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem. The problem is that this was the road which was used in ancient times by Jews to walk from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. The hysteria surrounding the discovery was caused by the fact that this is yet another piece of evidence against those who are trying to erase any historical Jewish connection to Jerusalem. The greatest outcries came from the Palestinian Authority and Jordan. The latter is responsible for the ethnic cleansing and destruction of much of East Jerusalem in 1948, which was the Jewish quarter. [Illustration: 1730 map showing the Pool of Siloam]