- Welcome to CBN News' avirtual holy land tour,
where you get to see the Bible come alive
from the comfort of your own home.
Christian pilgrims usuallyflock to Jerusalem each year
to celebrate Holy Week.
CBN Middle East BureauChief, Chris Mitchell,
shows us how technology ishelping unravel the mystery
of what's believed to beone of the sacred sites
where Christ spent his finaldays with his disciples.
Take a look.
- The Bible tells us Jesushad a final Passover meal
with his disciples beforegoing to the cross.
The Cenaculum on Mount Zionis the traditional site.
But is this where it really happened?
Christian pilgrims from all over the world
come here to the upper room
to remember the LastSupper of Jesus Christ.
Now, Israeli archeologist know more
about this site than ever before.
- The Last Supper Room
is one of the most holyplaces in Jerusalem.
We couldn't conduct you clear
and classical archeological excavation.
- [Chris] So they turned tostate-of-the art technology
to uncover the Upper Room secrets.
- Using laser measurement, laser scanning,
and an advanced photography technique,
we managed to create anaccurate 3D model of the place,
we even managed to penetrateinside the ancient stones.
- [Chris] For years, many wondered,
when was the room built?
And is it the real place?
- Suddenly, we needed to decipher signs
and symbols from the wall.
Suddenly, we managed to date it,
and this wonderful structure
is dating to the Crusader period.
- [Chris] Archeologists Amit Re'em said
they discovered two biblical symbols
never before seen in the upper room.
- [Amit] On the Keystone,
you could see the HolyLamb, the Agnus Dei.
- [Chris] On anotherKeystone there's a lion.
- The lion actually isa symbol of King David.
Now, we know according to the Bible,
that Jesus is a descendantof the Davidic dynasty.
- [Chris] Underneath the12th century Crusader church,
there's evidence
of a magnificent fourthcentury Byzantine church.
- [Amit] And maybe theByzantine built their church
on much earlier and ancient sacred site.
- [Chris] For many visiting the upper room
is a moving experience.
- It's fantastic, it's like this place
has the power of the presence.
It's like a different note onthe scale of the song of God.
- Being in Israel during this season,
and then being in placeslike the Upper Room
just make a huge difference in my faith.
- [Chris] Re'em sayshe's learned one thing
as an archeologist about traditions here.
- Hear this ancienttradition, explore there
because inside them is hidden some truth.
- [Chris] Chris Mitchell, CBN News,
the Upper Room, Jerusalem.
- Thanks for joining us today.
Come back tomorrow wherewe'll show you the place
where scholars believeJesus was sentenced to die.
