Jerusalem location

Israeli archaeologists, Judaean  period, Tel Motza, Jerusalem location

Judaean temple artefacts found

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a rare temple and religious figurines dating back to the Judaean

period nearly 3,000 years ago, said Israel’s Antiquities Authority. The discoveries were made at Tel Motza,

outside Jerusalem, during archaeological work taking place ahead of new highway construction in the area.

The findings date to the 9th-10th century BC, when the First Temple would have already been built in its

Jerusalem location. The Jews of that era seemed to have kept some of the prevalent pre-Judaism practices

alongside the mainstream worship in the Jerusalem temple. The items discovered, near an altar of a temple,

include ritual pottery vessels, fragments of chalices and figurines of animals.