Schiffman on the archaeology of garbage in Jerusalem

PROFESSOR LAWERENCE H. SCHIFFMAN: MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT! ANCIENT TRASH REVEALS THE EATING HABITS OF JEWS 2,000 YEARS AGO. An offprint of his recent article in Ami Magazine. For clarity, the Bayis Rishon period is the First Temple period and the Bayis Sheini period is the Second Temple period.

An earlier post on this excavation in Jerusalem is here.

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