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Stone vessels' cave

The cave complex on the east slope of Mount Scopus was used for quarrying and producing stone vessels. It was used in the 1st century BCE and the 1st century CE. The archaeological site was discovered in 1999 during the construction of a road and subsequently investigated by archaeologists.

Cave data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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