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| Stamp with Temple menorah uncovered near Akko |
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(12 Jan 2012)
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| The tiny stamp was used in the 6th century to identify baked products and it probably belonged to a bakery that supplied kosher bread to the Jews of Akko in the Byzantine period. |
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| Rare find indicative of activity in the Temple |
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(25 Dec 2011)
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| A first of its kind find, indicative of activity in the Temple, was recently discovered: a tiny item that probably "certified" the ritual purity of an object or food in the Temple Mount compound and in the Second Temple. |
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| Byzantine church and mosaic floor uncovered at Hirbet Madras |
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(2 Feb 2011)
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| A large and beautiful mosaic floor and a church were uncovered in excavations carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority at Hirbet Madras in the Judean coastal plain - possibly the residence and tomb of the prophet Zechariah. |
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| Ancient Roman bathing pool uncovered in Jerusalem |
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(22 Nov 2010)
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| A 1,800 year old bathing pool, probably part of a bathhouse used by the Roman soldiers who destroyed the Temple, was exposed in excavations the Israel Antiquities Authority is conducting prior to the construction of a new miqve in Jerusalem. |
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