Unique Second Temple-era tools discovered at ancient synagogue

Excerpt; Ancient implements dating back to the Second Temple period has been discovered at Magdala, a 2,000-year-old Jewish town in the Galilee region.

The implements - a decorated bronze incense shovel, used for transferring embers from place to place, and a bronze jug - were recently uncovered in archaeological excavations in Magdala, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.