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Israel unveils major discovery from Jerusalem’s Second Temple era By . Yaron Steinbuch. Published July 8, 2021. Updated July 8, 2021, 12:57 p.m. ET. Explore More ...
Jerusalem; Archaeology; Second Temple Period Quarry Uncovered in Jerusalem. By. Jewish Press News Desk - 28 Elul 5781 – September 5, 2021. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...
A huge quarry, one of the largest ever exposed in Jerusalem, dating from the end of the Second Temple period, has been uncovered over the past few weeks in an excavation run by the Israel ...
Quarry For Jerusalem's Second Temple Found. September 24, 2007 / 12:44 PM EDT / CBS/AP ...
JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound — offering rare insight ...
The second temple of Jerusalem, here in a model in the Israel museum, took the better part of a century to build and covered more than 870,000 square feet. The second temple of Jerusalem, here in ...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An ancient road in Jerusalem that pilgrims used to reach the Second Temple was uncovered during excavations. The excavation in the City of David was made public Sunday by the ...
Rare Second Temple-era merchants box displayed at Israel Museum 2,000-year old artifact likely used to display wares in ancient Jerusalem’s pilgrims’ market; burned sides might be from Jewish ...
Artifacts from the Second Temple period were found in Jerusalem. A sword in a scabbard that belonged to a Roman soldier and an engraving of the Temple’s menorah on a stone object were discovered ...
Within the soil, researchers unearthed pottery lamps which can be dated to the end of the Second Temple era, with soot residue indicating the fire that burned in them.
Both Jewish temples – located on what is now known as the Temple Mount – were destroyed; the first by the Babylonians in 586 B.C. and the second by the Romans in the year 70.