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July 23, 2020

A Massive Biblical-Era Administrative Complex Demonstrates That Even during Foreign Invasions, Taxation Didn’t Cease

Discovered near the new American embassy.

An excavation adjacent to the site of the new U.S. embassy in Israel’s capital has uncovered what appears to be a facility for collecting and storing tax revenues, dating to the First Temple period. Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:

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July 23, 2020

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