Archaeologists Discover Layer of Artifacts from First Temple Period in Jerusalem

by Teresa Neumann : Oct 23, 2007 : Etgar Lefkovits-Jerusalem Post

...fragments of ceramic tableware and animal bones.

(Jerusalem)?For the first time, archaeological remains dating to the First Temple Period in Jerusalem have been found on the Temple Mount.

"The layer is a closed, sealed archaeological layer that has been untouched since as early as the eighth century BC," said Yuval Baruch, the Jerusalem District archaeologist for the Israel Antiquities Authority.

According to the report, among the discovery were fragments of ceramic tableware and animal bones.