Hailed as the world's first museum to focus on the roots of Christianity, Jerusalem's Terra Sancta Museum is housed in the Monastery of the Flagellation. It stands beside the site of the ancient Antonia Tower built by King Herod and features artifacts dating back 2,000 years (shown above and below). Below, Franciscan Eugenio Alliata, director of the Archaeological Museum-Stadium Biblicum Franciscanum, which overseas the ancient artifacts in the Terra Sancta Museum, believes Christian pilgrims can benefit greatly from visiting the museum before retracing Jesus' steps on the Via Dolorosa.
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