Acra

Israeli archaeologists claim they have found the remnants of an ancient Greek citadel, which was a center of power in Jerusalem. Its exact location had been unknown up to nowIsrael's antiquities body claimed Nov. 3 to have solved "one of Jerusalem's greatest archaeological mysteries" by unearthing an ancient Greek citadel, the Acra, buried under a car park.

After decades of digs and researches, Israeli archaeologists announced that they found the location of the Akra, a fortified Hellenistic citadel which was erected in Jerusalem by the Seleucid conquerors, after they first destroyed the city in 168 BC.