Ancient menorah inscription recycled in Tiberias

An ancient seven-branched menorah inscribed on a large slab of basalt has been unearthed in Tiberias from a Crusader-era building built using the remains of mosque. The slab was originally the door of a 2nd to 4th century CE Jewish cemetery, used to build the ancient mosque.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Ancient-menorah-inscribed-on-stone-slab-discovered-in-Tiberias-mosque-517797

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