. ▁No ▁artifact s ▁were ▁found ▁in ▁this ▁temple . ▁U ss ish kin ▁believed ▁that ▁the ▁collection ▁of ▁Chal col ith ic ▁rit ual istic ▁artifact s , ▁made ▁mostly ▁of ▁co pper ▁and ▁of ▁iv ory , ▁that ▁were ▁discovered ▁in ▁a ▁cache ▁located ▁in ▁a ▁cave ▁in ▁N ah al ▁M ish mar , ▁were ▁the ▁artifact s ▁from ▁this ▁ancient ▁temple . ▁He ▁conject ured ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁brought ▁to ▁that ▁cave ▁and ▁hidden ▁there ▁by ▁the ▁temple ' s ▁pri ests ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁prepar ations ▁for ▁abandon ing ▁the ▁site , ▁hoping , ▁later , ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁it . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 5 ▁he ▁was ▁field ▁super visor ▁in ▁the ▁exc av ations ▁of ▁Mas ada , ▁under ▁Y ig ael ▁Y adin . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁to ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁he ▁was ▁co - direct or ▁of ▁the ▁Tel ▁Bet ▁Y er ah ▁( K h ir bet ▁Ker ak ) ▁exc av ations . ▁ ▁Sil wan ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁years ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁to ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁U ss ish kin ▁head ed ▁a ▁survey ▁of ▁Sil wan , ▁in ▁Eastern ▁Jerusalem , ▁across ▁from ▁the ▁City ▁of ▁David . ▁In ▁the ▁era ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Jerusalem ▁Temple , ▁about ▁ 5 0 ▁rock - cut ▁tomb s ▁of ▁rich ▁and ▁powerful ▁people ▁from ▁the ▁Kingdom ▁of ▁Jud ah ▁were