First Temple: “Beka” Weight Discovered (Archaeology)

Video in Hebrew with English subtitles.  The weight is around 3,000 years old.

“Featuring an ancient Hebrew inscription, the object was used to weigh the annual half-shekel donation Jews brought to maintain the Holy Temple.”

Full news story here.

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