(Israel Antiquities Authority) The remnants of a rural settlement inhabited for two centuries during the Second Temple Period were uncovered during work on a natural gas pipeline to Jerusalem. The site reached the height of its development in the Hellenistic period during the third century BCE. The excavations yielded numerous finds including grinding and milling tools, pottery cooking pots, jars for storing oil and wine, oil lamps, and over sixty coins from the reigns of the Seleucid King Antiochus III and the Hasmonean King Alexander Jannaeus.
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