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August 31st, 2023 
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An almost three millennia-old network of hewn-rock ducts unearthed in Jerusalem has baffled archaeologists, given the lack of comparable biblical finds, or obvious links to an ancient temple and palace that once stood nearby, Reuters reports. The knee-deep channels, dating back 2,800 years, are located outside Jerusalem’s walled Old City. They stand in two clusters, which were discovered 10 metres (30 feet) apart. Forensic testing of the channels found no blood, the Israel Antiquities Authority said – potentially ruling out a role in animal slaughter for banquets or religious sacrifice. The ducts also do not appear to have engineered a flow in a single direction, or debouched into any basin, suggesting they were not used to sluice out sewage […] Source
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