But archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority now say diggers have found coins underneath the massive foundation stones of the compound's Western Wall that were stamped by a Roman proconsul 20 years after Herod's death. That indicates that Herod did not build the wall � part of which is venerated as Judaism's holiest prayer site � and that construction was not close to being complete when he died.
That proconsul was the guy that was after Pontius Pilate named Valerius Gratus who was there at 17AD.
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