{"id":9338,"date":"2020-12-21T16:24:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T14:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/?p=9338"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:10:01","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T08:10:01","slug":"9338","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/2020\/12\/21\/9338\/","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Our New Beautiful Reconstruction of Herod&#8217;s Temple Courts Colorful Floors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We\u2019ve just recently installed at the sifting site at Mitzpe Hamasu\u2019ot a new reconstruction of the colorful floor that decorated the courts of Herod\u2019s Temple. Since we published a preliminary report several years ago on the reconstruction of the patterns of these floors, several similar models have been made in various places over the world &#8211; some as fabric quilt art and some in stone flooring, but this reconstruction, created under the direction of Mr. Avi Tavisal, from the Israel Diamond Center and donated to our sifting site, is the best and most accurate done so far. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently this reconstruction caught the attention of Reuters, who published an item about it which is circulating all over the world.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/christmas-season-restoration\/archaeologists-recreate-tiles-of-temple-where-jesus-walked-idUSKBN28V0WU?fbclid=IwAR3yDpb1GIQFgONQr7rmuIXvKbVXX504TatVgsgXiAMErtMXs0-H0lupcek\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/&#8230;\/archaeologists-recreate-tiles&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to see it with your own eyes, and get the feeling of how the Temple courts looked like? Visit us at the sifting site the next time you are in Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"687\" src=\"https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/tmsifting.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/opus-reconstruction-c.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve just recently installed at the sifting site at Mitzpe Hamasu\u2019ot a new reconstruction of the colorful floor that decorated the courts of Herod\u2019s Temple. 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