{"id":25369,"date":"2026-08-28T21:51:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25369"},"modified":"2026-08-28T21:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T21:51:18","slug":"ancient-burial-cave-is-unearthed-in-jerusalem-during-police-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=25369","title":{"rendered":"Ancient burial cave is unearthed in Jerusalem during police operation"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Israeli police recently stumbled on an ancient burial cave in an unlikely place while carrying out an operation in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

The discovery was announced by the Israel Police, Israel’s civilian law enforcement agency, on Aug. 24.<\/p>\n

While carrying out an operation related to what police described as a “violent family conflict” in Silwan, a village in East Jerusalem, officers came upon the cave.<\/p>\n

ARCHAEOLOGISTS MAKE UNUSUAL FIND NEAR SITE WHERE ARK OF THE COVENANT WAS ONCE KEPT<\/strong><\/p>\n

The operation followed a deadly clash between feuding families that erupted into gunfire and Molotov cocktail attacks, according to The Jerusalem Post.<\/p>\n

The violence prompted police to launch an operation aimed at locating those involved in the conflict.<\/p>\n

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Israeli police recently discovered an ancient rock-cut burial cave while carrying out an operation in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood.<\/span> (Israel Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“As part of the activity, Jerusalem Border Police officers conducted searches in Silwan and accompanied government authority representatives at a compound where individuals involved in the incident reside,” police said in a translated statement.<\/p>\n

Officers then found the burial cave beneath a building \u2014 along with other “archaeological finds.”<\/p>\n

ANCIENT GOLD RING UNEARTHED AT GRAVE CARRIES 2,000-YEAR-OLD SECRET MESSAGE<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Representatives of the Israel Antiquities Authority arrived at the scene, and an initial examination indicates that the graves date to the Second Temple period,” police said.<\/p>\n

“Security forces are securing the scene to allow for the continued handling and examination of the finds.”<\/p>\n

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Israeli police said security forces secured the archaeological site so authorities could continue examining the newly discovered finds.<\/span> (Israel Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Rock-cut burial caves were commonly used as family tombs in Jerusalem during the Second Temple period, though officials did not provide a more precise date for the newly discovered graves.<\/p>\n

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The Second Temple period lasted from roughly 516 B.C. to 70 A.D., when Roman forces destroyed the temple during the First Jewish-Roman War.<\/p>\n

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The Second Temple period lasted from roughly 516 B.C. to 70 A.D., when Roman forces destroyed the temple.<\/span> (Universal History Archive\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Pictures released by Israeli police show the dark interior of the rock-cut burial cave, with debris scattered across the floor.<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the Israel Police and the Israel Antiquities Authority for additional comment.<\/p>\n

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The cave is one of several archaeological finds recently uncovered in the Holy City.<\/p>\n

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The Israel Antiquities Authority was called to examine graves found beneath a building during a police operation in Jerusalem.<\/span> (Israel Police)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier this summer, officials announced the discovery of charred wooden beams in Jerusalem dating back roughly 2,600 years \u2014 likely remnants of the destruction of Solomon’s Temple.<\/p>\n

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Another major find came last year, when archaeologists uncovered the longest and best-preserved section of Jerusalem’s Hasmonean-era wall found to date.<\/p>\n

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