Treasure at the Center of the WorldDetails follow.
* June 3rd, 2011 3:55 pm MT
Kurt Matthies
* Denver Spiritual Perspectives Examiner
An Event in Support of the Magdala Center Being Held in Denver, June 8, 2011
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The Center’s Archaeological Zone grew out of an exciting archaeological find on the site. In 2009, construction workers discovered a 2000 year-old synagogue in the exact location planned for a Christian ecumenical chapel. This discovery caused great excitement among the archaeological community, and was made by a female Jewish archaeologist, assisted by a Muslim man, with a third archaeologist who is a Christian -- a true interfaith effort! Currently, Mexican archaeologists, with a group of volunteers are now excavating a 12-acre site adjacent to the Magdala Center, which is producing further artifacts from this period of history.
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One of the artifacts from the original ecumenical site is a beautifully carved stone table (see figure), of which the Israeli Antiquities Authority has called “the most important archaeological discovery ever related to the 2nd Temple.”
In the adjacent 12-acre site a floor has been recently discovered that is, according to archaeologists, the most perfectly built and conserved first century floor found to date.
The Magdala Center is a project of the New Gate for Peace Foundation, an independent organization adjacent to the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Institute. The $100 million dollar project is to date, already 30% funded. Father Eamon Kelly, LC of the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Institute, is here in the US on an awareness and fundraising tour, which is beginning here in Denver next week.
Wednesday, June 8th at 6pm, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science will host the Galilee Gala, the first benefit for the Magdala Center being held in the US.
Background here.