The Antiquities Authority announced Sunday that archeologists had found an ancient quarry that supplied rocks for the construction of the Temple Mount. The quarry is located in the neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo in Jerusalem, between French Hill and Ramot. The rocks found at the site are unusually large—between three and eight meters long.
The quarry was found during a dig that was initiated prior to the construction of a local school. Following the discovery, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupoliansky ordered a halt to the school construction plans, and allocated NIS 350,000 for continued archeological work.