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The recently slain terrorist was a force behind global jihad.
August 3, 2022
Talmudic-Era Artifacts Discovered in the Ancient Seat of Jewish Worship
Along with some modern-looking 2,000-year-old dice.
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Israelites set up the Tabernacle—a portable sanctuary they had constructed at the foot of Mount Sinai—in the city of Shiloh, about 20 miles north of Jerusalem, not long after entering the Promised Land. Shiloh remained the main center of Jewish worship for most of the period preceding King David, who relocated the Tabernacle to Jerusalem, where it would later be replaced by the Temple. In the 20th century, archaeologists identified the ancient city’s remains, which dated back to the second millennium BCE. Hanan Greenwood reports on more recent discoveries:
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Talmudic-Era Artifacts Discovered in the Ancient Seat of Jewish Worship
Along with some modern-looking 2,000-year-old dice.