2,000 Year Old Lilac Amethyst Stone - Engraving Of Bird, Branch Of Plant, 5 Fruits

Stunning 2,000-year-old lilac amethyst stone is discovered in Jerusalem
featuring the first-ever known depiction of balsam
- a plant prominently mentioned in the Bible.⁣

would once have been worn on a ring,
and includes an unusual engraving of a bird
and a branch from a plant bearing five fruits,
according to experts from the City of David Foundation,
who found it during excavations of the Western Wall foundations.

The branch engraved on the stone was from an expensive plant
used to make perfume for the temple, and is featured prominently in the Bible
and other records.

The temple was destroyed around 70 CE,
and experts say this ring would have been dropped by someone
into the drainage channel in the decades before.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10119987/Stunning-2-000-year-old-lilac-amethyst-stone-discovered-Jerusalem.html⁣