
A Letter from Dr. Ron Beals Sharing his Experience in the Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
By Dr. Ron Beals, Volunteer
January 6, 2009 Jerusalem Israel
While many people consider Monday a “blue day” this past one (yesterday) was utterly tremendous. It was a very cool (30° F) morning as I set…

Media Reports about the Coins
Tonight Israel Broadcast Association - Channel One, will have a news report about the coins, at 21:00 Israel time.
It can be watched live on the web at:
http://www.iba.org.il/media/?recorded=tv
Following is a list of links to reports…

Article in the Jerusalem Post about the Mosaic Underneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque
Following my article that was reported in the last post, The Jerusalem Post published an article regarding the discovery of the Mosaic floor underneath the Al-Aqsa mosque.
See: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1226404750389&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

New Substantial Discoveries in Past Waqf Excavations on Temple Mount
Last Thursday, I gave a lecture and published an article in the annual New Studies on Jerusalem conference of Ingeborg Rennert Center for Jerusalem Studies in Bar-Ilan University. Following is the abstract of the article:
New Information…

Analyzing Prevalent Finds from the Temple Mount Using Control Groups
One of the major tasks in our project is to develop ways of overcoming the absence of an archaeological context for the artifacts. A common method to address this obstacle is to date and study artifacts…

New Article in BeSheva about the Sifting Project
BeSheba weekly newspaper has published an extensive article about the sifting project and the story of how it all started. Here's the link:
http://www.inn.co.il/Besheva/Article.aspx/7460

The earth of the sifting project has created two Humans (ADAMS)
In Judaism, a person is considered complete only after marriage. For this reason, one of the seven blessings recited at the wedding and the week after is:
Blessed are You Lord our God Ruler of the World, Creator of…

Temple Mount Pavements During the Herodian Period
Assaf Avraham, the manager of the sifting site, has conducted a research regarding the pavement technique of the Temple Mount during the Second Temple period. He displayed his very interesting and innovative results in the 13th conference…

First Knesset Member to Sift the Earth of the Temple Mount
Last Wednesday, we had a very surprising visit from Labor party secretary, MK Eitan Kabel, who came with his family to see our site and participate in the sifting project. MK Kabel is the first MK to partake in the sifting. He said that he…

More Archaeological Destruction on the Temple Mount
Last Sunday Waqf officials used a tractor to dig an 80m long ditch on the Temple Mount platform, in order to install new electricity lines. The trench depth varies from 50 – 100 cm deep. During the excavation, grey earth, which indicates…