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Excavation in Jerusalem's Mount Scopus was noticed where none should be. Antiquities inspectors waited for nights and caught thieves red-handed
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Treasures from antiquity hidden in Israel's soil are supposed to stay there until being gingerly unearthed by archaeologists, but looters have always posed serious competition. On Monday the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed the discovery of a large workshop in Jerusalem that manufactured 'Jewish' kitchenware from limestone some 2,000 years ago, thanks to thieves caught red-handed.
