HINTS OF WEALTH in Second Temple Jerusalem:

Silver found in 2,000-year-old Jerusalem pottery hints at city's wealth during late Second Temple period
By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Unusually high concentrations of silver have been found during excavations in Jerusalem's Old City by Bar-Ilan University researchers in samples of different types of pottery from late Second Temple period some two millennia ago.

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The geographical distribution of the samples with high silver cannot be explained by natural causes, said the researchers, who deduced that the origin of the silver is related to human activity. The team also concluded that silver was washed into the pottery by the action of groundwater - but it is possible that in some cases the high silver may have been related to the use of the pottery in antiquity.

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