Stunning contrast observed between city layers pre-siege to time of siege and destruction.
Intact "Herodian", or "Scrapped" oil lamps from the late Second Temple period discovered in the drainage channel at the city of David, in 2024 (Photo: Eliyahu Yanai, City of David)
Remarkable artifacts were recently uncovered during the course of a new excavation in the drainage channel beneath Jerusalem’s main street from the Second Temple period. The artifacts included grape seeds, 2,000-year-old eggshells and intact ceramic lamps still bearing traces of soot.
The excavation, led by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and funded by the City of David, offers insight into Jerusalem’s urban evolution during the final decades before the Temple's destruction in 70 A.D. by the armies of Emperor Titus.




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