MembersIncense in Magdala

An IAA excavation has uncovered an important biblical find at Magdala on the Sea of Galilee, the village of the New Testament figure Mary Magdalene.

By Israel Today Staff |
Photo: IAA

Archaeologists found two rare artifacts: a decorated bronze incense shovel and a bronze jug.

The shovel in particular is associated with worship in the Temple: “You shall make the altar…You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans; all its utensils you shall make of bronze” (Exodus 27:1-3).

“The incense shovel that was found is one of 10 others that are known in the country from the Second Temple Period,” said IAA archaeologist Dina Avshalom-Gorni, who headed the...

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