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Building Stones From A Quarry In Northern Jerusalem Probably Used In The Temple Mount: 5 Years After The Discovery, Amnon Rosenfeld, Tsevi Minster, Shimon Ilani, Howard R. Feldman

Lander College for Women - The Anna Ruth and Mark Hasten School Publications and Research

During the summer of 2009 a quarry was unearthed in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood, northern Jerusalem, during land development for the construction of a new school. The excavated area of the quarry was about one acre and is indicative of substantial mining activity in the Turonian (Bina Formation) white limestone beds (known locally as “meleke” = king) from which blocks up to 8 meters in length and 1-2 meters in width were excavated. The dimensions of the large blocks are very rare in known domestic ancient quarries, and thus were considered to be relocated for use in the construction of …