How did the Israel Antiquities Authority move a Second Temple-era mikveh?

The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) recently undertook a complex engineering operation to conserve a Second Temple-era mikvah found during archaeological excavations in the Carmei Gat neighborhood of Kiryat Gat.Financed by the Israel Lands Authority, the excavations were completed ahead of construction and development works slated to happen in Carmei Gat to preemptively protect the 2,000-year-old structure from harm.Discovering the mikvah, as well as stone measuring vessels, provides direct evidence of the existence of a Jewish settlement in the area at the time. Stone vessels, which according to Jewish law do not become ritually impure, were widely used among Jews during the Second Temple period.“The Jewish settlement we discovered here is the first and the only known one in this area,” explained IAA excavation directors Elena Kogan-Zahavi, Maayan Margulis and Shira Lifshitz.