Jerusalem - A clay seal unearthed near the walls of the old city of Jerusalem imprinted with three lines of ancient Hebrew script which include the word "Bethlehem."  Eli Shukron directed the excavation on behalf of the Israeli Antiquities Authority said the seal had been apparently been placed on a tax shipment of silver or agricultural produce sent from Bethlehem to the King of Judea in nearby Jerusalem in the 8th or 7th century BC.  "This is the first time the name Bethlehem appears outsid...
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