In less than a year: a second gold ring was discovered in the City of David
The small gold ring probably belonged to a boy or girl living in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period about 2,300 years ago. The ring joins other pieces of jewelry from the Early Hellenistic period discovered in this excavation.
Enigmatic rare stone box from the Second Temple period was discovered in the City of David
The stone box is now presented to the public for the first time at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The box, used for commercial activity, was burnt – evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem about 2,000 years ago
One of the stories told recently about Jerusalem sounds like a pulp fiction novel, with heroes, rivals, secret political maneuvers and a threat to the delicate geopolitical balance in the Middle East.
