The existence of what is believed to be a hitherto unknown ancient Hebrew city between Jerusalem and Bethlehem was accidently revealed today by the achaeological finds of a group of Jewish workmen at Talpioth, a suburb of Jerusalem.
The workmen, part of a Jewish labor battalion, uncovered a number of ossuaries with Greek or Hebrew inscriptions, a mosaic and a large vase containing many antiques. The location of the objects which when found faced towards the Temple area impel archaeologists who examined them to believe them the property of the inhabitants of a city more than 2,000 years old.
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