From MFA: Archive here: http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early History – Archaeology/Archaeological Sites in Israel – Jerusalem- Burial The Tomb of Queen Helene of Adiabene, the largest tomb in Jerusalem, is located north of the Old City. It has a long, wide staircase leading down to a large courtyard (27 x 26 m.), all cut into the rock below the surrounding surface area. The facade of the tomb itself has two Ionic columns supporting an architrave adorned with carved leaves, and above it, a frieze decorated with a bunch of grapes and acanthus leaves. The entrance to the burial cave, which contains several chambers,
Read More +Jewish World Review Oct. 9, 2007 / 27 Tishrei 5768 New book takes us on the trail of objects taken from Second Temple By Richard Di Dio The boundary between quest and obsession is not defined until it is crossed. By then it is too late — and extremely perilous. This is inevitable when the search is for some of the most precious and potentially explosive objects in the world: religious icons that, if found, will further agitate the roiling cauldron that is the Middle East. In “G-d’s Gold: A Quest for the Lost Temple Treasures of Jerusalem,” archaeologist Sean
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Why Is the Temple Mount So Important?
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Via DailyAlert, from Why Is the Temple Mount So Important?: Dr. Gabriel Barkay, a professor of biblical archaeology at Bar-Ilan University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, explained in an interview the Jewish and Christian connections to the Temple Mount and why it is vital to stop the destruction of Jewish antiquities on the Temple Mount currently being carried out by Muslim religious authorities who are digging a trench at the site: The Temple Mount is the heart, soul, and spirit of the Jewish people. It is the only holy place that Jews have and it is the place chosen
Read More +From WSJ: Within the last few days, a trench two-feet deep — starting from the northern end of the platform where Jerusalem’s Dome of the Rock sits — has begun working its way toward the southern end of the Temple Mount. The work is being done without any regard for the archaeological information or treasures that may lie below. Destruction is particularly great in places where bedrock is no deeper than the trench. Some of the digging is being done with mechanical equipment, instead of by hand as a professional archaeological excavation would be conducted. I don’t know who are
Read More +Here’s a statement from the Jerusalem Mayor’s office: Following a meeting between mayor Lupolianski and Turkish ambassador to Israel, Mr. Namik Tan, it was agreed to look into the option of lending the tablet with Siloam inscription to the city of Jerusalem. The 2,700-year-old tablet, which is now presented in the Archeology Museum in Istanbul, holds a great historical and cultural significance to the Jewish people. It contains testimonies from the days of the first temple and describes the construction of the tunnel by king Hezekiah. The tunnel was dug in order to maintain water supply to besieged Jerusalem. The
Read More +Jerusalem Seeks Return of Ancient Tablet
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From Jerusalem Seeks Return of Ancient Tablet: Jerusalem’s mayor, Uri Lupolianski, has asked the Turkish government to return a 2,700-year-old tablet uncovered in an ancient subterranean passage in the city, as a “gesture of goodwill” between allies. Known as the Siloam inscription, the tablet was found in a tunnel hewed to channel water from a spring outside Jerusalem’s walls into the city around 700 BCE – a project mentioned in the Old Testament’s Book of Chronicles. It was discovered in 1880 and taken by the Ottoman rulers to Istanbul, where it is now in the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.
Read More +Tiny tablet provides proof for the Torah
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A fragment of cuneiform – This fragment is a receipt for payment made by a figure in the Old Testament Via The Telegraph: The sound of unbridled joy seldom breaks the quiet of the British Museum’s great Arched Room, which holds its collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, dating back 5,000 years. But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a cry last Thursday. He had made what has been called the most important find in Biblical archaeology for 100 years, a discovery that supports the view that the historical books of the Old Testament are based
Read More +The Mughrabi Ramp – the Real Story
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Articles from the Israel Antiquities Authority: the Mughrabi Ramp – the Real Story The Real Story Why must excavations be conducted next to the Temple Mount Prehistory The Neolithic Period Israel Cross Highway Israel Cross Highway Beit Shean, (Nysa-Scythopolis) Introduction The Hellenistic Period The Roman Period The Roman Period, Archaeological Remains The Byzantine Period The Byzantine Churches The Umayyad Period Conferences The Thirty-Second Archaeological Conference in Israel Bio- and Material Culture in connection with Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls – Cost Action G8 Working Group 7 Holidays Shavuot – Pentecost Study Days Center and Periphery in the light of
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