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Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel s Jewish World and Archaeology editor.
Second Temple-era ritual bath that was discovered during construction work on a modern tunnel under the 1920 Catholic Church of All Nations. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Second Temple-era ritual bath that was discovered during construction work on a modern tunnel under the 1920 Catholic Church of All Nations. (Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority)
Archaeologist Amit Reem next to the ritual bath at Gethsemane on Jerusalem s Mount of Olives. (Yaniv Berman/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, next to the ancient ritual bath. (Yoli Schwartz/ Israel Antiquities Authority)
Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath in Jerusalem
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Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, on Monday shows the remains of a 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath that was discovered at the site from the time of Jesus. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, it s one of the first archaeological evidences of its kind of Second Temple-period activity at the Gethsemane Church. Photo by Atef Safadi/UPI/Pool | License Photo
Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, on Monday shows the remains of a 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath that was discovered at the site from the time of Jesus. According to the Israel Antiquities Authority, it s one of the first archaeological evidences of its kind of Second Temple-period activity at the Gethsemane Church. Photo by Atef Safadi/UPI/Pool | License Photo
Amanda Borschel-Dan is The Times of Israel s Jewish World and Archaeology editor.
Amit Re’em, Jerusalem District Archaeologist at the Israel Antiquities Authority, directs archaeologists at the Tower of David Museum. (IAA)
Excavations at Jerusalem s Tower of David Museum, November 2020 (Ricky Rachman)
Excavations at Jerusalem s Tower of David Museum, November 2020 (Ricky Rachman)
A sunken visitor s center will stand in place of these excavations at the foot of Jerusalem s Tower of David Museum, November 2020 (Ricky Rachman)
Workers dig at an archaeological site at the Tower of David Museum in the ancient citadel of Jerusalem near the Jaffa Gate entrance to Jerusalem s Old City on October 28, 2020. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)