Frankie lecturing on her Opus Sectile reconstructions
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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…
Pottery sherd with etched menorah

More Details about the Menorah Incision

See the video below of Gabriel Barkay explaining more details on the potsherd Menorah  incision:   [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEqviV2X4vg]
Pottery sherd with etched menorah
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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
Pottery sherd with etched menorah
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A Potsherd from the Temple Mount with an Incision that Resembles the Temple Menorah

Want to help decipher an archaeological mystery? 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…
Scarab imprint Seal announced by Eilat Mazar
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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…