Dr. Eilat Mazar’s recently released book Over the Crossroads of Time: Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Monumental Staircases documents the discovery of this special, 2,000-year-old piece of jewelry.Seen on Facebook. It's a lovely ring. The design does look like an abstract menorah. Or conceivably a palm tree? Compare here.It was actually first uncovered 50 years ago in Prof. Benjamin Mazar’s Temple Mount excavations, but only now is it being reported.
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Lately it seems as though there's excavating to be done in the unpublished collections from twentieth-century archaeological digs.
Cross-file under New Book.
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