Pendant with menorah discovered

(JNS) — A 1,300-year-old lead pendant decorated with a menorah was uncovered during an archaeological excavation beneath the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, north of the City of David, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed on Monday.

Only one other ancient lead pendant bearing the menorah symbol is known in the world, the government agency added.

The personal necklace dates to the 6th to early 7th centuries in the Late Byzantine period and was recently discovered in a large-scale archaeological excavation in the Davidson Archaeological Park of Jerusalem.

It is decorat...