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September 13, 2016

Animals and Ancient Jerusalem’s Economy

The city had a distinct class system.

Beginning in the late 8th century BCE, the city of Jerusalem underwent more than a century of growth and expansion, during which the local economy became more centered on the capital. Lidar Sapir-Hen, Yuval Gadot, and Israel Finkelstein explain their recent findings on the economic role of livestock in this period, based on the study of artifacts and ancient animal remains from the area around the Western Wall and Tel Moza, a site located just outside Jerusalem:

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