"The road, which is 20ft (six metres) wide, once linked Roman
settlements in Bet Guvrin and Jerusalem to a main highway known as the 'Emperor's Road'.
Irina Zilberbod, an archaeologist who directed the excavation, said: 'The road that we discovered, which 2,000 years ago passed along a route similar to Highway 375 today, was apparently meant to link the Roman settlement that existed in the vicinity of Beit Natif with the main highway known as the "Emperor's Road".
Coins from the Roman era were found sticking out between the paving stones of the road.
Among them, a coin depicting the prefect of Judea, Pontius Pilate dating back to 29AD and a coin from Year Two of the Great Jewish Revolt of 67AD were discovered." DailyMail
And when they had bound him, they led him away,
and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
Matthew 27:2