• A still image taken from handout video footage obtained by Reuters TV on March 14 shows a 3D model, created using advanced technologies, of the Cenacle, a hall revered by Christians as the site of Jesus' Last Supper, in Mount Zion near Jerusalem's Old City. | COURTESY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURE RESEARCH CENTER, THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE / VIA REUTERS
    A still image taken from handout video footage obtained by Reuters TV on March 14 shows a 3D model, created using advanced technologies, of the Cenacle, a hall revered by Christians as the site of Jesus' Last Supper, in Mount Zion near Jerusalem's Old City. | COURTESY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND CULTURE RESEARCH CENTER, THE CYPRUS INSTITUTE / VIA REUTERS

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JERUSALEM – The arched stone-built hall in Jerusalem venerated by Christians as the site of Jesus’ Last Supper has been digitally re-created by archaeologists using laser scanners and advanced photography.

The Cenacle, a popular site for pilgrims near Jerusalem’s walled Old City, has ancient, worn surfaces and poor illumination, hampering a study of its history.

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