There you are, all set to build a new neighborhood in southern Israel, but a 2,000-year-old ritual bath gets in the way. You don't want to damage a precious artifact, but you do want to expand the gritty city of Kiryat Gat. What to do?To make the story even better, they're putting it back once the new neighborhood is built.Dig the mivkeh up and move it intact was the solution at the Israel Antiquities Authority, not because mikvehs from the Second Temple period are rare. But this one and other sundry finds are the first indication that there was once a Jewish settlement in what is now Kiryat Gat's Carmei Gat neighborhood, the antiquities authority said Thursday.
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For the ancient mikveh likewise relocated from Kibbutz Hanaton (Hannaton) in 2020, see here and links.
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