09-27-2007, 12:03 PM
King Herod's temple quarry unearthed
Telegraph.co.uk
By Sally Peck and agencies
Last Updated: 1:44am BST 25/09/2007
Archaeologists have discovered the quarry King Herod is believed to have used during a renovation of the biblical Second Temple, offering a rare insight into the construction of one of Judaism's holiest sites.
Israeli archaeologists unearthed the "sensational" pit while inspecting a construction site for a proposed school in an orthodox Jewish Jerusalem suburb.
"This is the first time stones which were used to build the Temple Mount walls were found," said Yuval Baruch, an archaeologist with the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), involved in the dig.
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Telegraph.co.uk
By Sally Peck and agencies
Last Updated: 1:44am BST 25/09/2007
Archaeologists have discovered the quarry King Herod is believed to have used during a renovation of the biblical Second Temple, offering a rare insight into the construction of one of Judaism's holiest sites.
Israeli archaeologists unearthed the "sensational" pit while inspecting a construction site for a proposed school in an orthodox Jewish Jerusalem suburb.
"This is the first time stones which were used to build the Temple Mount walls were found," said Yuval Baruch, an archaeologist with the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA), involved in the dig.
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