The Buried Treasures of the Temple Mount

The Temple Mount in Jerusalem has not been excavated in modern times. It's a political and religious powder keg. But archaeological artifacts from the Temple Mount are being uncovered by Israeli archaeologists. How? An illegal renovation was conducted on the site some time ago. The dirt was simply illegally dumped into the Kidron Valley nearby. Because this huge soil dump came from the Temple Mount itself, archaeologists are able to learn more about the site by carefully going through the dirt and sifting for clues.

Experiencing Worship at Herod’s Temple (~3h)

Have you ever imagined what a worship experience was like at the Jerusalem Temple in the days of Jesus? In these lectures, we will delve briefly into the layout and setting of Herod’s Temple, but more importantly, we will imagine the daily lives and experiences of an average first-

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Second Temple Era Stone Inscription Mentions Jerusalem

During the winter of 2017, archaeologists working in a Jerusalem suburb, discovered the foundations of a Roman structure dating to the 1st century B.C.E. What they found was building remnants and a part of a common round column. The exciting part is that the column had writing on

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