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From the Jerusalem travel guide, you’ll come to know that the Herodian Quarter and Wohl Archeological Museum in Jerusalem is one of the most popular places of sightseeing in Jerusalem. According to the history of Jerusalem, in the time of Herod, the area of the modern-day Jewish Quarter was part of a luxurious "Upper City," occupied primarily by the families of important and rich Jewish Temple priests. Excavations after the 1967 war exposed the visually arresting remains of several mansions dating to this period which makees it one of the most attractive museums of Jerusalem.
The rediscovered Herodian Quarter now lies from 3 to 7 meters below street level, preserved in the Wohl Archaeological Museum. In the museum you can see the geometrically patterned mosaic floors, colorful frescoes, and costly glassware, stone objects, and ceramics that provide a peek into domestic life at the top in the days of Herod and Jesus.
In the first part of the Herodian Quarter and Wohl Archeological Museum in Jerusalem, called the Western House, several small stone cisterns have been identified as private mikveh, Jewish ritual baths; holograms depict their use. A small ascending staircase which ends abruptly reminds us that nothing above ground level survived the Roman devastation of AD 70.
Next you’ll find the Middle Complex which consists of the remains of two separate houses where archaeologists discovered a maze-pattern mosaic floor covered in burnt wood. This is believed to be fire damage from the Roman attack on Jerusalem. The largest and most complete of the Herodian houses is the Palatial Mansion, which also has indications of fire damage as well as mosaic floors and ritual baths.
You can get a combined ticket for Herodian Quarter and Wohl Archeological Museum in Jerusalem also grants admission to the nearby Burnt House, dating to the same period. A stone weight discovered among the debris reads "son of Kathos," indicating that the house belonged to a wealthy family of high priests. The family is mentioned in the Babylonian Talmud, written between the 3rd and 6th centuries AD. The rooms here are introduced by a slide show and include a kitchen, four bedrooms, and a bathroom with a ritual bath.
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