More on Jerusalem's Har Hotzvim quarry excavation

ARCHAEOLOGY: Israeli Archaeologists Reveal Huge Stone Quarry in Jerusalem From King Herod's Time. Dated to the Late Second Temple period, the quarry at Har Hahotzvim may have produced the slabs used in the Temple and ancient Jerusalem's streets, archaeologists say (Ruth Schuster, Haaretz).

I noted this story yesterday. There are many more articles on it now, but most of them seem just to be based on the original IAA press release. Ms. Schuster interviewed IAA excavation co-director Michael Chernin and her article has some additional details.

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