Friday, October 06, 2017

On the Temple Mount Sifting Project

TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: DISPROVING 'TEMPLE MOUNT DENIAL' ONE BUCKET AT A TIME (Daniel K. Eisenbud, Jerusalem Post).
When Wakf bulldozers illegally ascended the Temple Mount in 1999 to surreptitiously remove thousands of tons of ancient soil to make way for a subterranean mosque, two archeologists found hope in recovering some of the Jewish heritage that crime destroyed.

As countless invaluable artifacts dating from the First Temple period at Judaism’s holiest site were dumped in a garbage heap in the capital’s Kidron Valley, Dr. Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira saw an opportunity.

Five years later, under the auspices of Bar-Ilan University, the two archeologists procured a government license to have the ancient debris transferred to Emek Tzurim National Park on the western slope of Mount Scopus, where they established the headquarters of the Temple Mount Sifting Project.

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There follows a history of the project. Also, they still need funding!

Background here and oh so many links.

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