An industrial area was discovered with an olive oil press, cisterns, a workshop with a furnace and ponds. From the industrial area, there is a road that leads to the city square and center of the town, but that section hasn’t been excavated yet.A "King of Hebron" in the Second Temple era? Would that be an Idumean thing? Or is it an Edomite seal from an earlier period?
In an amazing find in the agricultural areas, stone tools were found, as well as a stamp in ancient Hebrew, with the words “King of Hebron” on it.
Monday, June 09, 2014
Second-Temple-era settlement in Hebron
THE JEWISH PRESS: New Discoveries in Ancient Jewish Settlement Uncovered in Hebron (Tzipi Schlissel / Tazpit News Agency). Excerpt:
