The fabricated and manufactured history of “ancient Palestine” has been slapped in the face again. Via INN: Second Temple Coin Used For 1/2 Shekel Found in Jerusalem Dig More archaeological coinage has been unearthed that proves that Jews are the true indigenous people of the legitimate and sovereign nation of Israel. From INN: A coin from the Second Temple, used in the half-shekel census, was found in excavations in the City of David, just below and east of Jerusalem’s Old City. The upcoming Purim festival features the half-shekel prominently in its observance. The ancient silver coin was discovered in
Read More +The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has just published an article called The Latest Damage to Antiquities on the Temple Mount. An excerpt: It is only too evident that the on-going Waqf excavations on the Temple Mount, which are generally carried out without archaeological supervision of any kind, have severely damaged antiquities from many periods. Since 2004, archaeologist Dr. Gabi Barkai and Zachi Zweig have been sifting through the rubble the Waqf removed from the Temple Mount to the Kidron Valley eight years ago. The project is being carried out in the Tzurim Valley, not far from the Mt. Scopus
Read More +Via INN: The Antiquities Authority announced today that it has found the quarry that supplied the giant stones for the building of the Temple Mount. The quarry is located in what is now one of Jerusalem’s newest neighborhoods, Ramat Shlomo (also known as Reches Shuafat), between Ramot and French Hill. The quarry was found in the course of an archaeological rescue dig prior to the construction of a neighborhood school. The ancient quarry is spread out over at least five dunams (1.25 acres), with rocks between three and eight meters long – the size of those that can still be
Read More +Renowned archeologist Dr. Eilat Mazar of the Hebrew University and the Shalem Center answers JPost’s readers’ questions about the Mughrabi Gate dispute and the status of the Temple Mount in recent years. Of the hundreds of questions received, here are 20 which encompass the major issues at hand.
Read More +This is beneath contempt and an abomination. Islam is truly diseased. Via WND: The official radio network of a major terror organization has been exclusively broadcasting daily from the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site, WND has learned. The radio network regularly features Iranian and anti-Semitic propaganda and death threats against Jews. The Al-Quds network, the official radio station of the Islamic Jihad terror group, has been exclusively broadcasting special nightly Ramadan prayers from the Mount’s Al Aqsa Mosque since last week. The station also is broadcasting the Tarawih prayers, special Sunni Muslim prayers recited at night during Ramadan. Islamic Jihad,
Read More +From Archeologists Discover Segment of Jerusalem Storm Drain from Second Temple Period: A 70-meter-long segment of Jerusalem’s central drain dating from the Second Temple period was discovered Sunday by the Israel Antiquities Authority. The segment is located between the Temple Mount and the Pool of Siloam. It stretched underneath the Old City’s main street and cleared rainwater from the areas it served. It is made of massive slabs of stone, and is about three meters high and one meter wide.
Read More +Via DailyAlert, from Group Petitions Court to Stop Muslim Dig on Temple Mount: Members of the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Temple Mount Antiquities petitioned the High Court of Justice on Sunday, seeking to stop an excavation by the Waqf, or Muslim religious trust, on the Temple Mount. Waqf officials say the digging of the trench, 500 meters long and 1.5 meters deep, is necessary to replace 40-year-old electric cables. But the petitioners say the work “is causing irreversible damage to antiquities and archaeological artifacts of the greatest importance, and is being carried out illegally, without the requisite authorizations.”
Read More +Muslims blew up the Bamiyan Buddha Statues in 2001. Why wouldn’t they want to destroy the Holy Mount, Judaism’s holiest site on the planet? Via WND: Israel is blocking leading archeologists from surveying massive damage Islamic authorities are accused of causing to what experts believe may be an outer wall of the Second Jewish Temple, WND has learned. “It is unconscionable that the Israeli government is permitting the Waqf to use heavy equipment to chop away at the most important archeological site in the country without supervision,” prominent, third-generation Temple Mount archeologist Eilat Mazar told WND. “The Israeli government is
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