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This beautiful wall on one of the Western Hill mansions is decorated with fresco panels painted in red and yellow. This design is typical of those used among the wealthy (probably Sadducees) in the time of Jesus. The blackened areas are the result of the fires the Romans set to destroy Jerusalem after they had torn down the Temple. The captured the area of the Upper City in September of AD 70.
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