2,000-year-old artifact spells ‘Jerusalem’ the same way it's spelled today | ISRAEL21c

2,000-year-old artifact spells ‘Jerusalem’ the same way it's spelled today | ISRAEL21c

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2,000-year-old artifact spells ‘Jerusalem’ the same way it’s spelled today

One-of-a-kind stone artifact found in excavations near the Jerusalem International Convention Center is part of new exhibit at the Israel Museum.

By Abigail Klein Leichman  OCTOBER 9, 2018, 4:30 PM

The “Jerusalem” inscription as it was found in the excavation. Photo by Danit Levy/Israel Antiquities Authority

Abigail Klein Leichman

Abigail Klein Leichman is a writer and associate editor at ISRAEL21c. Prior to moving to Israel in 2007, she was a specialty writer and copy editor at a major daily newspaper in New Jersey and has freelanced for a variety of newspapers and periodicals since 1984.

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