Looting apprehension yields an ancient stone workshop

APPREHENDED: While capturing thieves: Ancient stone vessel production facility uncovered in Jerusalem. Large stone tool workshop from the Second Temple period, which produced tools for Jews some 2,000 years ago, uncovered in a cave on the eastern slopes of Mount Scopus in Jerusalem (Israel National News).

After capturing the suspects, Israel Antiquities Authority inspectors searched the cave. To their amazement, they discovered hundreds of unique stone vessel fragments.

That was lucky.

I have noted the discovery of stone vessel workshops in the Galilee here and one on the West Bank here.

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