Archaeologists say artifacts discovered in an ancient drainage tunnel under Jerusalem are left over from war 2,000 years ago.
On Monday archaeologists presented a Roman legionnaire's sword and sheath found in the tunnel late last month. They believe it dates to around 70 A.D., when Rome put down a Jewish revolt, razing the second biblical Jewish Temple and much of the city.
Stone engraved with image of menorah (Photo: Vladimir Naykhin)
Accounts of the battle say Jewish rebels fled to tunnels in a futile attempt to escape the Romans.
Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist Eli Shukron says diggers also found clay lamps, pots, and a bronze key. He thinks rebels left many of those items.
The newly excavated tunnel is part of a growing network of subterranean passages under the city.
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