Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000‑year‑old Jewish ritual bath beneath the Western Wall Plaza in Jerusalem that bears ash and destruction debris from the Roman conquest of the city in 70 C.E., ...
An archaeological excavation beneath the plaza of the Western Wall has uncovered a Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period, preserved intact beneath a layer of debris and ash ...
Archaeologists have uncovered a rare rock-hewn mikveh, or ritual bath, dating to the final days of the Second Temple period, directly beneath the Western Wall Plaza. The discovery, announced by the ...
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