The Antiquities Authority announced Sunday that archaeologists have found an ancient quarry where King Herod's workers may have chiselled the giant stones used to renovate the Second Temple in Jerusalem some 2,000 years ago.

The Authority said Sunday that experts believe stones as long as eight meters were extracted from the quarry and then dragged by oxen to building sites in Jerusalem for major projects such as the Temple.

"This construction most likely included the walls of the Temple Mount and other monumental buildings," the authority said in a statement.