Two recently discovered Byzantine-era coin weights are evidence there was a Christian presence on the Temple Mount before the Muslim conquest of Jerusalem, and perhaps even point to an early church there, archaeologists said in a recent paper.
A study in Israel Numismatic Research argues two coin weights found at the Temple Mount suggest a church once sat there, the Temple Mount Sifting Project said.
Year after team hails bombshell discovery of oldest Hebrew writing in Israel, details of the find hit a peer-reviewed journal. But some academics don't see any inscription at all