2,000-year-old ritual cup found in Old City of Jerusalem
Friday, July 31, 2009 - 18:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The 10 lines of Aramaic or Hebrew script on the artifact is 'unprecedented,' an archaeologist says. Researchers are not yet able to decipher it. U.S. archaeologists have found an extremely rare 2,000-year-old limestone cup inscribed with 10 lines of Aramaic or Hebrew script near the Zion Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem.