“Unique” structure found in Jerusalem’s City of David dates back to the First Temple, study finds [VIDEO]
The Only One of Its Kind Found in Jerusalem, Used for Ritual Practices, During the Time of the First Temple.
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The Only One of Its Kind Found in Jerusalem, Used for Ritual Practices, During the Time of the First Temple.
Archaeologists have discovered a massive moat, at least nine meters deep and at least 30 meters wide. he moat likely served to separate the upper city, where the temple and the palace were located, from the lower city and protect it.
Joint Israel Antiquities Authority and Lod Municipality excavations revealed the remains of a destroyed Jewish public building. The floor hid a hoard of 94 coins, which no one came back to collect – until now.
Found shattered to pieces in the excavation, it was “brought back to life” in the treatment laboratories of the Israel Antiquities Authority. It seems to be part of a cultic vessel deposit burial.
It was excavated by the Israel Antiquities Authority at the site of Huqoq, with the help of students, soldiers and volunteers. The excavation uncovered finds that reveal dramatic episodes in the history of the Jewish people.
The lamp lit up the nights for Roman soldiers who guarded the fort of Mezad Tzafir, on the Scorpions Ascent along an important ancient trade route over which copper, and possibly gold, were transported. An identical lamp was discovered in the same spot 90 years ago.
During excavations in houses located in Old Dongola/Tungul, archaeologists from the PCMA UW have found a series of hidden rooms covered with spectacular and colorful depictions of Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, Archangel Michael and a Nubian king. Such scenes are “unique” an find no parallels in Nubian painting
One of the oldest textual witnesses to the Gospels, a small manuscript fragment of the Syriac translation from Greek written in the 3rd century and copied in the 6th century, was discovered in the Vatican library using ultraviolet photography by a researcher from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.