Unique double baptistery and mysterious marble block uncovered at Byzantine cathedral in Israel

In a new article published in the Palestine Exploration Quarterly, researchers Dr. Michael Eisenberg and Dr. Arleta Kowalewska describe a recently excavated Byzantine-period cathedral at Hippos. Archaeologists revealed a second photisterion (baptismal hall), making this the only known early cathedral with two photisteria as well as a unique marble block with three cavities, unprecedented in archaeology, possibly used to hold oils for ritual anointment.