This one’s obviously in its very early stages, but we’ll mention
it and see where it goes … tip o’ the pileus to Jim West (Have
The Remains of Jews Killed by the Romans in Jerusalem in 70 a.d.
Been Discovered?) who alerts us to Antonio Lombatti’s post
(Scheletri del massacro del Monte del Tempio?) pointing to this
item in Israel Hayom: Remains of thousands of Jews massacred by
the Romans on the Temple Mount at the time of the destruction of
the Second Temple may have been uncovered in Jerusalem,
according to a veteran archaeological journalist. During a
conference on Thursday at Megalim – the City of David Institute
for Jerusalem Studies, journalist Benny Liss screened a movie
recorded a few years ago that clearly shows thousands of
skeletons and human bones in what appears to be a mass grave.
Liss, veteran archaeological correspondent for Israel’s Channel
1, told the amazed audience that the film had been shot in a
spacious, underground cavern in the area of the Mercy Gate, near
the eastern wall of the Templ