Ancient Second Temple Workshop Uncovered On Mount Scopus After Antiquities Raid

Stone Vessel Workshop From Second Temple Era Uncovered in Jerusalem

A tool used by Jews during the Second Temple period. Credit: Emil Aljam / Israel Antiquities Authority Researchers have uncovered a large stone vessel workshop from the Second Temple period on the eastern slopes of Mount Scopus in Jerusalem. The discovery sheds new light on an industry that supported daily life and religious practice in the city about 2,000 years ago. Inspectors from the Israel Antiquities Authority identified the site after not…

Ancient Second Temple Workshop Uncovered On Mount Scopus After Antiquities Raid

by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – A large Second Temple–era stone workshop that supplied Jerusalem’s Jewish population some 2,000 years ago has been uncovered on the eastern slopes of Mount Scopus, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced Monday. The discovery was made accidentally as the IAA’s Theft Prevention Unit pursued a gang of suspected antiquities thieves at the Ras Tamim site. Inspectors h…

Ancient factory for stone 'Jewish' kitchenware discovered in J'lem while capturing looters

Excavation in Jerusalem's Mount Scopus was noticed where none should be. Antiquities inspectors waited for nights and caught thieves red-handed

While capturing thieves: Ancient stone vessel production facility uncovered in Jerusalem

Large stone tool workshop from the Second Temple period, which produced tools for Jews some 2,000 years ago, uncovered in a cave on the eastern slopes of Mount Scopus in Jerusalem.

Looters lead to 2,000-year-old Jewish workshop find on Mt. Scopus

Illicit diggers on Mount Scopus seeking treasures to sell on the black market led archaeologists to discover a 2,000-year-old stone vessel workshop replete with the stone vessels used only by Jews because, unlike pottery, they can’t become impure, “tamei” in Hebrew. The find was announced Monday by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The workshop, now located in a cave on the eastern slope of the mountain, once dominated the main road leading to J…