Monday, March 28, 2011

IAA: Tombs found at Jaffa excavation site not Jewish

THE IAA REPORTS: Tombs found at Jaffa excavation site not Jewish. Haaretz: "Announcement comes after examination of site revealed burials contained pig bones, allowing archaeologists to conclude they were not Jewish burials; excavation has been site of ultra-Orthodox demonstrations." But the ultra-Orthodox are not yet convinced.

(Via Joseph I. Lauer.)

Background here.