ABSTRACT
In the summer of 1999, during construction work for a new road to connect Jericho and Ma’ale Adumim to Jerusalem, a bulldozer broke though the ceiling of a large cave. The cave is located on the northern slope of one of the eastern promontories extending from the Mount Scopus and Mount of Olive ridges (G.R. 17516/13305) (Fig. 20.1). After slightly enlarging the opening we were able to enter the cave using a rope ladder and it was immediately clear to us that the man-made cave functioned as a quarry and workshop for stone vessels well known from many sites associated with the end of the Second Temple period (early Roman period, first century bc to first century ad). Location map of caves. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315539058/440627df-7f63-431c-9b6a-1e1ab3b2cb8f/content/fig20_1_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
