Relics dating back to the Second Temple period two thousand years ago were discovered in Jerusalem recently, revealing details of life prior to the sacking of the city by Roman legions in the year 70 CE.
A complete glass vial, grape pips, two-thousand-year-old eggshells – and also complete ceramic lamps still with soot in them – all these were uncovered in a new excavation in the drainage channel running under Second Temple period Jerusalem’s main street.
The excavation, managed by the Israel Antiquities Authority with funding from the City of David, reveals Jerusalem’s changing urban pulse in the last decades before the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE.
In the framework of this excavation, the channel that was Jerusalem’s main subterranean artery is being exposed.
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A complete glass vial, grape pips, two-thousand-year-old eggshells – and also complete ceramic lamps still with soot in them – all these were uncovered in a new excavation in the drainage channel running under Second Temple period Jerusalem’s main street.
The excavation, managed by the Israel Antiquities Authority with funding from the City of David, reveals Jerusalem’s changing urban pulse in the last decades before the Temple’s destruction in 70 CE.
In the framework of this excavation, the channel that was Jerusalem’s main subterranean artery is being exposed.
More
Archaeological discoveries in Jerusalem reveal details of end of 2nd Temple period
New finds from the 2000-year-old drainage channel in Jerusalem tells the city’s story in the days of the Second Temple from its prosperity until its decay and destruction.
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