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A stone quarry outside the walls of Jerusalem, later abandoned and converted into a cemetery with rock-cut tombs and cultivated areas — that’s what the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher looked ...
The source of the building stones for Jerusalem's Second Temple may have been discovered. The vast quarry spans about 3,500 square meters (37,674 square feet) and contains building blocks ...
An ancient stone quarry, one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, was recently uncovered in an excavation of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA). The quarry is believed to have been active at ...
Large 2.5-ton stone blocks and tools found in a large quarry in Jerusalem. Credit: Israel Antiquities Authority One of the largest quarries in Jerusalem, dating back to the end of the Second Temple ...
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 ...
A huge quarry - one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, dating from the end of the Second Temple period, in recent weeks is being uncovered by an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation in the ...
During excavations at the Har Hotzvim Hi-Tech Park in Jerusalem, archaeologists uncovered the largest Second Temple-era stone quarry, according to an announcement from the Israel Antiquities ...
or to a quarry worker who lost it while on the job. Antiquity experts commended the teen on his discovery and gave him a private tour of Jerusalem’s Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus ...