Archaeologists from Tel Aviv University unearthed the ruins of a temple complex dating to 1100 B.C. at Tel Beth-Shemesh near Jerusalem. Archaeologists believe that the temple was destroyed and desecrated when the Philistines invaded. The researchers said goblets discovered at the site along with stones arranged to direct liquids were clues that the structure was used as a place of worship. Sci-News.com (11/13)
From the article:
“This temple complex is unparalleled, possibly connected to an early Israelite cult – and provides remarkable new evidence of the deliberate desecration of a sacred site,†explained co-directors of the dig Prof Shlomo Bunimovitz and Dr Zvi Lederman of the Tel Aviv University’s Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology.
