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Yigal Shiloh, Qedem 17: Excavations At The City of David, Vol. 1, (1984).

Digging only yards away from Weill’s tower, archaeologist Yigal Shiloh discovered two other columbaria, including this rectangular one. Both of these structures still contained the telltale rows of niches for the pigeons on the inside walls and confirmed the identification of Weill’s tower.