(Courtesy Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
(JERUSALEM POST) -- A salvage excavation near the Temple Mount has unearthed a unique mikveh ritual bath dating to the Second Temple period.
The mikveh is located on top of a cliff in the “Upper City,” a phrase coined by historian Josephus Flavius to describe the area of Herod’s City that housed Jerusalem’s elites in what is now the Jewish Quarter.
It was found within a private villa, built into the bedrock and featuring a vaulted ceiling with fine masonry typical of the Herodian period.
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