Tag Archive for Mikveh

| August 10, 2015
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Rare 2nd Temple-era ritual bath unearthed in Jerusalem

A Jewish ritual bath, walls with Hebrew script & an adjacent winepress dating back to the time of the Second Temple were discovered in Jerusalem.

By Israel Today Staff

 

Every construction project in Israel must be preceded by a thorough archaeological inspection to ensure nothing of great historical value is being built over. And that is precisely what archaeologists examining the location of a new Jerusalem preschool found.

Writing & images were daubed onto the walls using mud & soot, though some were carved.Photo courtesy: Shai Halevy/Israel Antiquities Authority

Writing & images were daubed onto the walls using mud & soot, though some were carved. – Photo courtesy: Shai Halevy/Israel Antiquities Authority

During the preliminary ground-breaking for the new preschool in Jerusalem’s Arnona neighborhood, officials uncovered the remains of a Jewish ritual bath (mikveh) and adjacent winepress dating back to the time of the Second Temple. Continue Reading »

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| July 1, 2015
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2nd Temple-era ritual bath found beneath Jerusalem living room

During home renovations, a family from Jerusalem discovered a 2,000 yr-old mikveh right underneath their floors, verifying that there was an earlier Jewish settlement at the site.

By Itay Blumenthal

 

Renovations in a Jerusalem home recently uncovered an ancient mikveh (ritual bath) dating from the Second Temple Period, believed to be over 2,000 years old.

The couple that lives in the home installed wooden doors leading to the mikveh and invited representatives of the Israel Antiquities Authority to document the discovery.

They were on Wednesday to receive a certificate of appreciation from the Authority for reporting the discovery.

The mikveh is considered relatively large, at 3.5 meters long, 2.4 meters wide and 1.8 meters deep. Continue Reading »

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| October 7, 2014
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2nd Temple Period Mikveh Rediscovered in Valley of Elah Road Construction

Archaeologists amazed to find 75 yr-old inscription by 2 Australian soldiers from World War II into a rock of 1,900 yr-old Jewish ritual bath.

By Ornit Etzer, Ari Yashar

 

Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in the Valley of Elah’s Tzomet Haelah, funded by the Netivei Israel state transportation company, made a rare discovery recently in unearthing a mikveh (ritual Jewish bath) from the Second Temple period.

Second Temple period mikveh

Second Temple period mikveh – Assaf Peretz, courtesy Israel Antiquities Authority

In an interesting intertwining of time periods, on the roof of an adjacent massive water cistern inscriptions were found, made in the rock by Australian soldiers who were on the site during World War II. Continue Reading »

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