Editing Pisgat Ze'ev (section)

===Antiquity===
Archeological evidence shows that in the biblical period, the site encompassed small agricultural villages along routes north from Jerusalem to [[Nablus]] and the [[Galilee]]. The villages made use of varied water-catchment strategies and served the needs of Israelite Jerusalem, including as a major producer of wine and oil for use in the [[Temple in Jerusalem]].<ref name=jmuni>[http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_sys/picture/atarim/site_form_atar_eng.asp?site_id=2277&pic_cat=4&icon_cat=6&york_cat=9&type_id=197 Pisgat Ze'ev] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617014150/http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_sys/picture/atarim/site_form_atar_eng.asp?site_id=2277&pic_cat=4&icon_cat=6&york_cat=9&type_id=197 |date=2011-06-17 }} [[Jerusalem Municipality]]</ref> Three ritual baths from the [[Second Temple]] period have been excavated in Pisgat Ze'ev.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/233670|title=English|first=Yonatan|last=Adler|date=September 9, 2008|journal=Journal of Jewish Studies|volume=59|issue=1|pages=62–72|doi=10.18647/2774/JJS-2008 |via=www.academia.edu}}</ref>

The [[Byzantine]] period saw the villages' primary use shift from agriculture to service religious functions, such as churches and monasteries. A large monastery from the period was located at the site's highest point, Ras at-Tawill. The monastery was likely active from the end of the 5th century to the close of the 8th century, and included a mosaic-floored chapel above a burial cave, as well as an [[oil press]] and a cloth bag of 200 coins.<ref name=jmuni/> An oven and pots from the [[Iron Age]] were also found nearby.<ref name=jmuni/>

An archaeological site known as ''Deir Ghazali'' (the Deer Monastery) was also excavated in eastern Pisgat Ze’ev.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iaa-conservation.org.il/Projects_Item_eng.asp?site_id=3&subject_id=10&id=126|title=Projects - Preservation|website=www.iaa-conservation.org.il}}</ref>

Overlooking the neighborhood is [[Tell el-Ful]], believed to be the capital of the [[Tribe of Judah]] and site of the Israelite King [[Saul]]'s palace. King [[Hussein of Jordan]] began [[Royal Palace, Tell el-Ful|constructing a palace]] there in the mid-1960s.<ref name=jmuni/><ref>Marshall J. Berger; Ora Ahimeir (2002). ''Jerusalem: a city and its future''. Syracuse University Press. p. 185. {{ISBN|978-0-8156-2913-9}}. Retrieved 23 December 2010.</ref>