Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Archaeologists discovered a rare 1,300-year-old lead pendant in Jerusalem decorated with the image of a menorah. It is only the second pendant like it ever found in the world, discovered during an excavation beneath the southwestern corner of the Temple Mount. The pendant is dated to a time Jews were restricted from being in Jerusalem, making the discovery especially surprising. Discovering a symbol of Jewish faith within an excavation of Jerusalem typically wouldn’t prompt much surprise, but archaeologists recently made an exceedingly rare find during an excavation of the Temple Mount in the form of a lead pendant decorated with a menorah. “A pendant made of pure lead, decorated with a menorah, is an exceptionally rare find,” a research team with the Israel Antiquities Authority, said in a statement.