Bab Zuweila - Excavations

Excavations

Excavations undertaken during the course of conversation have added to the understanding of the gate and its surroundings. the Following is a list of Discoveries made:

• The original floor and ramp system containing re-used inscribed pharaonic blocks from 1092.
• The street pavement added by Al-Kamil (1218–1238) whose horse slipped on the original ramp.
• The original pivot-shoe-ball bearing system and the granite threshold of the wood door leaves
• Remains of shops from the last two centuries and a drinking trough for animals that dates from between 1092 and 1415.