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Second Temple Period Artifacts Found in Jerusalem
(Jerusalem Post) Etgar Lefkovits - The remains of a mikva (ritual bath), various bronze and metallic utensils and coins, candles, and a stone oil-storage vessel decorated with shofarot (ram's horns) - all dating back 2,000 years to the Second Temple and Hasmonean periods - have been uncovered just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, the Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday.