{"id":58,"date":"2005-01-24T11:44:27","date_gmt":"2005-01-24T18:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/?p=58"},"modified":"2005-01-24T11:44:27","modified_gmt":"2005-01-24T18:44:27","slug":"update-on-the-temple-mount-debris-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2005\/01\/24\/update-on-the-temple-mount-debris-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on the Temple Mount debris project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.har-habayt.org\/contrib.html\">sifting of Temple Mount debris<\/a> is posted, including information about what has been recovered thus far:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>a seal impression from the Second Temple period (five-pointed star with the word &#8216;\u00d7\u2122\u00d7\u00a8\u00d7\u00a9\u00d7\u0153\u00d7\u009d&#8217; [Jerusalem] inscribed on it), a fragment of a monumental door jamb of a gate from the Second Temple Period, arch stones, and more architectural fragments. In addition, we have also found fragments of glass vessels (some are from the Second Temple Period), a cosmetic alabaster plate from the Persian period, a fragment of an ornamental stone table from the Second Temple period, fragments of glazed bricks, and a few coins, of which the first one discovered was from the first Jewish revolt against the Romans with the written phrase &#8220;For the Freedom of Zion.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of our students spent a day helping last month.  It&#8217;s quite possible that some more remarkable discoveries will turn up.  The excavation director, Dr. Gabriel Barkay, is first-class in knowledge and expertise.  I doubt there is anyone alive who knows more about Jerusalem than he does.  The team is looking for contributions and volunteers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report on the sifting of Temple Mount debris is posted, including information about what has been recovered thus far: a seal impression from the Second Temple period (five-pointed star with the word &#8216;\u00d7\u2122\u00d7\u00a8\u00d7\u00a9\u00d7\u0153\u00d7\u009d&#8217; [Jerusalem] inscribed on it), a fragment of a monumental door jamb of a gate from the Second Temple Period, arch\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2005\/01\/24\/update-on-the-temple-mount-debris-project\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}