Digs Reveal
Industrial Center
Jerusalem — New evidence
of a thriving industrial center
for the production of olive oil
and textiles, on a scale un-
rivaled in the ancient Near
East, has been uncovered in
archaeological excavations
carried out this season at the
side of the Philistine city of Ek-
ron.
Ekron was one of the five
capital cities of the Philistines,
one of the ancient "Sea
Peoples" who lived in Israel's
southern coastal region for a
period of more than 600 years.
In excavations this year, a
picture of the Philistine city of
Ekron from the 13th Century
BCE until its conquest by the
Babylonian armies of
Nebuchadnezzar in 603 BCE
has emerged, with the clearest
evidence of its final days lying
inches below the rubble left
from the final destruction.
Because of the suddenness
and thoroughness of the
Babylonian destruction, a
thick layer of collapsed bricks
and ash has preserved the evi-
dence of the ancient metropolis
and its industry at the moment
of the city's death. Buried be-
neath the destruction layer,
the excavation team has re-
covered hundreds of whole pot-
tery vessels, a cache of iron ag-
ricultural tools, as well as huge
stone vats and weights of the
olive oil pressing installations.
These were part of an exten-
sive industrial zone consisting
of 102 olive oil installations, as
well as hundreds of loom-
weights, pointing to the
presence of textile manufac-
turing. The industrial area lay
adjacent to the southern city
gate and extended around the
city, separated from the inner
residential quarters by a wide
street.
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Yaacov
Ben Uzi HaCohen, the high
priest of the Samaritan com-
munity was buried on Mt.
Gerizim in Nablus, Jan. 26. He
died at the age of 87. Almost
the entire Samaritan commu-
nity of 528 attended the fun-
eral along with HaCohen's
many Jewish and Arab friends.
He served as High Priest
since 1984. His fluency in
Arabic, English and Hebrew
had made him the principle
spokesman for the community
before becoming high priest.
He was the author of several
books and supported himself as
a palm reader.
During the 1930s HaCohen
served as Nablus correspon-
dent for a number of Jewish
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