Police operation takes unexpected turn when officers stumble upon ancient burial cave

Israeli police recently stumbled on an ancient burial cave in an unlikely place while carrying out an operation in Jerusalem.

The discovery was announced by the Israel Police, Israel's civilian law enforcement agency, on Aug. 24.

While carrying out an operation related to what police described as a "violent family conflict" in Silwan, a village in East Jerusalem, officers came upon the cave.

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