A rare pottery amulet, bearing a personal blessing from 1,000 years ago, was uncovered in the City of David
On the tiny object, which is one centimeter in size and was discovered in a dig funded by the City of David, a two-line Arabic inscription was stamped.
Not Absalom, the son of King David - and not any of his descendants: King Agrippa - the grandson of Herod - is probably buried at Absalom's Tomb, Professor Gabriel Barkay reveals