Israeli Archaeologist Eli Shukron of the Israel Antiquities Authority speaks inside a ritual bath exposed beneath the Western Wall on November 23, 2011 in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)

Two ancient bronze coins, which according to Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologists were struck by the Roman procurator of Judea, Valerius Gratus, in the year 17/18 CE and recently were revealed in excavations beneath the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City are exposed to the media' on November 23, 2011 in Israel. Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered coins inside an ancient Jewish ritual bath by the Wailing Wall in the Old City which challenge the assumption that all of the walls of the Second Jewish Temple were built by King Herod. (Photo by Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images)