Archaeologists discovered a 500-year-old Chinese inscription on Mount Zion in Jerusalem
Archaeologists have discovered a 500-year-old Chinese inscription on a piece of blue-and-white porcelain found on Mount Zion, representing the oldest known Chinese writing found in Israel. The inscription states, “Forever we will protect the eternal spring,” and was uncovered during a three-year collaborative excavation conducted by the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) and the German Protestant