Reconstruction of Crusader Floors in the Dome of the Rock Based on Picturesque Palestine Illustrations and Finds from the Temple Mount Sifting Project
Yesterday, at Haifa University in a conference commemorating 150 years for the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF), Frankie Snyder, a senior member of the Sifting Project who also in charge on the research and publication of the opus sectile floor…
More Details about the Menorah Incision
See the video below of Gabriel Barkay explaining more details on the potsherd Menorah incision:
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Jerusalem Post Report about the Potsherd with the Incised Menorah Design and Our Interpretation
See the Jerusalem Post report about the potsherd with the incised menorah design and what are our current conclusions from it:
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Byzantine-era-potsherd-from-Temple-Mount-may-contain-engraving-of-holy-sites-menorah-436965
A Potsherd from the Temple Mount with an Incision that Resembles the Temple Menorah
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A very interesting incised design appears on an ancient potsherd found in the sifting of the soil from the Temple Mount . Is it the Temple Menorah? Some kind of floral design? Something…
Seal Impression of King Hezekiah found with the Assistance of the Sifting Project
Eilat Mazar, who directs the Ophel excavation south to the Temple Mount, announced today that a bulla was found bearing the name of King Hezekiah. This seal impression was found in 2010 in our sifting facility in Tzurim Valley, when we…