New Diggings at Tel Shiloh

Well, the archeological digging at Tel Shiloh has begun again.

Here I am in the new rectangle being opened on Roman or late Second Temple floorstones:



Pointing to a possible Second Temple (Hasmonean?) period column:



Pointing to doorway floor with bolt crevices (and look just right from my shoulder and you can also make out a carved-out stone used probably for pounding/grinding):



Just another section of the new area:



At the opening of a deep, some 5 meters down, water collection cavern under the basilica floor and the Muslim welli built on the church:



Return for more.


(Pictures courtesy of Yonah Tzoref)