With the help of police in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) was able to thwart of an illegal antique sale between tomb raiders and ancient artifact dealers -- arresting several suspects, last Friday, and confiscating eleven ossuaries, ancient stone coffins containing Jewish remains.

The ossuaries are from the Second Temple period, a segment of Jewish history that lasted from 530 BCE to 70 CE.

The burial boxes are engraved with a variety of Jewish symbols, including the lily flower, the six-petal rosette and other elements of Jewish art common during that period.