The Last Supper with Jesus is one of the iconic stories in the Bible. 2 thousand years later, archaeologists believe that they have found the exact location of the house where the Last Supper took place, writes Daily Mail . Researchers believe the biblical supper took place in the “upper room” of a two-story house with limestone walls and a red sloping roof. This building still stands in the city. The fact is that the site of the Last Supper was depicted in detail on several works of art dating back to at least the 4th century BC. The Bible also described in detail the story of the Last Supper in 33 AD, when Jesus gathered with his 12 apostles and said that one of them would betray him, and the death of Jesus himself was inevitable. It is known that the upper room of the biblical building, also known as the upper room, was a prayer room that could accommodate more than 120 people. Luke 22:11-13 briefly described this room when Jesus asked for a large, furnished upper room where he and his disciples could have the Passover meal. Vaulted ceiling of the Upper Room. Credit: biblicalfrchaeology.org The upper room is located in the old city of Jerusalem on Mount Zion, which is located above the southern gate. Columns support the building’s vaulted ceiling and sloping red roof. At the moment, archaeologists cannot excavate at this site, so they cannot accurately confirm the history of the building. Back in 1884, Greek Orthodox Christians found one of the earliest maps of Jerusalem. The discovery was made during the construction of a new church in Madaba, Jordan. The map was created in 560 AD as a depiction of the Holy Land, which had a Cardo Maximus (main street) running down the center, as well as two sacred structures at the southern end (lower right), identifiable by their red roofs. All objects were labeled in Greek, including the Damascus Gate and the square on the left side, the southern Jaffa Gate at the bottom and Bethlehem on the right. But it wasn’t until 2017 that University of North Carolina religious scholar David Christian Clausen noticed something unusual on the map. The building had the same red slanted roof as the Upper Room, and it was located in the same place. This is what led scientists to believe that the Upper Room was the site of the Last Supper, but more evidence was still needed. Ancient map. Photo: biblicalfrchaeology.org And they appeared in a 6th century drawing discovered in Italy in 1846. The drawing shows Jesus riding through the southern gate of the city on a donkey, with the Upper Room in the background. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) decided to test the theory in 2019 using laser technology and advanced photographic images. Using technology, scientists wanted to remove all the renovations that the Upper Room had undergone over the years in order to see what it was like during the Last Supper. “I felt like I was in Dan Brown’s book The Da Vinci Code. There were ancient symbols to decipher,” says Amit Reem, Jerusalem district archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority. The researchers mapped every corner of the room to create an accurate model of the space, which pointed out interesting features of the Upper Room. They displayed little-known works of art such as symbols of the Agnus Dei, or “Lamb of God,” and the Lion of Judah on the ceiling. “The lion was the symbol of King David, and according to ancient scriptures, Jesus was a descendant of King David,” explains Reem. Archaeologists still need to do more research, he said. There is still no archaeological evidence that the Upper Room was the site of the Last Supper. The post Archaeologists Claim Discovery of Jesus’ Last Supper House appeared first on Anomalien.com.