Aerial view of the excavation website in Jerusalem, on the foot of the Temple Mount
Yair Izbotski/Metropolis of David
Archaeologists have reconstructed how Babylonian invaders burned down a constructing in Jerusalem greater than 2500 years in the past, utilizing chemical clues within the particles.
The constructing was destroyed as a part of the Babylonian conquest of the Kingdom of Judah, which is introduced as a turning level within the story of Judaism within the Hebrew Bible.
Starting in 601 BC, Judean kings launched a collection of unsuccessful rebellions in opposition to the Babylonians, who had taken management of the area …