Resource Manager Posted September 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Massive 5,000-Year-Old Stone Monument Revealed in Israel By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | September 15, 2014 07:27am ET "A lunar-crescent-shaped stone monument that dates back around 5,000 years has been identified in Israel. Located about 8 miles (13 kilometers) northwest of the Sea of Galilee, the structure is massive — its volume is about 14,000 cubic meters (almost 500,000 cubic feet) and it has a length of about 150 meters (492 feet), making it longer than an American football field. Pottery excavated at the structure indicates the monument dates to between 3050 B.C. and 2650 B.C., meaning it is likely older than the pyramids of Egypt. It was also built before much of Stonehenge was constructed." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 September 2014 An Impressive Compound from the Byzantine Period Containing a Large Oil Press, Wine Press and Mosaics was Exposed in Bet Shemesh According to Irina Zilberbod, an archaeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority, “This was very likely a monastery”. "In recent weeks the Israel Antiquities Authority uncovered a large impressive compound dating to the Byzantine period in Ramat Bet Shemesh where there is an oil press, wine press and mosaics. The excavations were financed by the Ministry of Construction and Housing and were carried out as part of the expansion of Bet Shemesh. An archaeological survey conducted on foot along the hills south of Bet Shemesh brought to light remarkable finds. During the survey blocked cisterns, a cave opening and the tops of several walls were visible on the surface. These clues to the world hidden underground resulted in an extensive archaeological excavation there that exposed prosperous life dating to the Byzantine period which was previously unknown." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted September 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Archaeological Findings Shed Light on Massive 363 CE Earthquake in Galilee By JPOST.COM STAFF 09/29/2014 "University of Haifa archaeologists recently discovered items which have shed light on an earthquake that occurred in 363 CE in the ancient city of Hippos that overlooks Lake Kinneret. Hippos, near modern-day Kibbutz Ein Gev overlooking the lake (the Sea of Galilee), was the site of a Greco-Roman city-state. It is just on the Israeli side of the 1949 armistice line with Syria. Susita Mountain, on which Hippos was built, is between the Kinneret Valley and the southwestern Golan mountain range, about 2 kilometers east of the lake and rising 350 meters above it. Hippos was part of the Decapolis, Ten Cities that were culturally tied more closely to Greece and Rome than to the otherwise Semitic region."Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Israeli Wine Researchers Aim to Revive Ancient Libations Matching indigenous grapes with archaeological finds, Elyashiv Drori hopes to recreate the drinks enjoyed by King David BY BEN SALES October 1, 2014, 12:24 am ARIEL, West Bank (JTA) — "The small cardboard box in Elyashiv Drori’s palm looks like it’s full of black pebbles.Closing the box quickly, he explains that it cannot be open for long. The pebble-like pieces, which were uncovered in an archaeological dig near Jerusalem’s Old City, are in fact remains of a kilo of grapes stored nearly 3,000 years ago. They were preserved under layers of earth from the era when David and Solomon ruled over the Land of Israel. Next to his laboratory at Ariel University, Drori — an oenophile who has judged international wine competitions — already has barrels of wine made from grapes that have grown in Israel for two millennia. Finding a living sample of the 3,000-year-old grapes will be the next step in his years-long quest to produce wine identical to that consumed in ancient Israel." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 2nd Temple Period Mikveh Rediscovered in Valley of Elah Road Construction October 07, 2014 Archaeologists amazed to find 75 yr-old inscription by 2 Australian soldiers from World War II into a rock of 1,900 yr-old Jewish ritual bath. By Ornit Etzer, Ari Yashar "Israel Antiquities Authority excavations in the Valley of Elah’s Tzomet Haelah, funded by the Netivei Israel state transportation company, made a rare discovery recently in unearthing a mikveh (ritual Jewish bath) from the Second Temple period. In an interesting intertwining of time periods, on the roof of an adjacent massive water cistern inscriptions were found, made in the rock by Australian soldiers who were on the site during World War II. The 1,900-year-old mikveh and 1,700-year-old water cistern were unearthed in explorations ahead of the construction of Highway 38." ContinuedSo Corporals Walsh and Scarlett, Who Are You? (October 2014) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2014 In Jerusalem, a Glimpse of Newton’s Apocalypse, Smuggled Syrian bibles, Kafka’s Hebrew As it pioneers a worldwide initiative to digitize every Hebrew manuscript in existence, Israel’s National Library offers a rare and tantalizing sight of its most prized treasures BY DANIEL ESTRIN October 8, 2014, 2:10 pm JERUSALEM (AP) — "These are treasures that Israel doesn’t allow anyone to check out of its national library Kafka’s Hebrew vocabulary notebook. The first written evidence of the Yiddish language. And the Crowns of Damascus, Bibles smuggled out of Syria 20 years ago in a Mossad spy operation so classified that their very existence in Israel was kept secret for years. Many nations maintain official libraries of their countries’ most prized historical manuscripts. Israel’s is unique: It seeks manuscripts from every country in the world where Jews have ever lived. Now the National Library of Israel is dusting the cobwebs off some of the most prized jewels of its collection as it seeks to draw attention to a new effort to preserve — and publicize — these treasures." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 http://youtu.be/u7qZIm7ad_M H/t: Bible Places Blog The Shard and the Scroll Blog Marc Turnage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Storm God Worship: Ancient Cult Complex Discovered in Israel by Owen Jarus | October 13, 2014 08:27am ET "A massive cult complex, dating back about 3,300 years, has been discovered at the site of Tel Burna in Israel. While archaeologists have not fully excavated the cult complex, they can tell it was quite large, as the courtyard alone was 52 by 52 feet (16 by 16 meters). Inside the complex, researchers discovered three connected cups, fragments of facemasks, massive jars that are almost as big as a person and burnt animal bones that may indicate sacrificial rituals. The archaeologists said they aren't sure who was worshipped at the complex, though Baal, the Canaanite storm god, is a possibility. "The letters of Ugarit [an ancient site in modern-day Syria] suggest that of the Canaanite pantheon, Baal, the Canaanite storm god, would have been the most likely candidate," Itzhaq Shai, a professor at Ariel University who is directing a research project at Tel Burna, told Live Science in an email." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 More on (post #233): Archeologists Unearth 3,300 Year Old Complex in Israel 18 hours ago by Bob Yirka "A team of archeologists working in Israel's Tel Burna dig site have unearthed the remains of a large stone complex dating back approximately 3,300 years. Information about the finding was presented at the recent European Association of Archaeologists' meeting held in Istanbul. Initial examination of the ruins suggests the site was an ancient cult complex—a rather large one at that with side walls measuring up to 52x52 feet. Thus far archeologists have uncovered mask fragments (parts that covered the nose), connected cups (their purpose has yet to be discovered), scarabs (stone representations of the beetle typically used as an amulet) and very large vessels known as pithoi." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Jerusalem – The Temple Mount Posted on October 17, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "The Temple Mount has been in turmoil recently. Every day there is some news about violence between Jews and Muslims on the Holy Mount. And the tourists are caught in the middle. Ynetnews published an article today called “Powder keg on Temple Mount” which includes a video made during a visit to the Temple Mount. The situation on the Temple Mount is summarised like this: While Muslim worshipers are allowed to enter the complex throughout the entire day, Jews are allowed entry as visitors (not worshipers) between 7:30 am and 11 am, only through the Mughrabi Bridge and under heavy police protection. Palestinians have grown aggrieved by the increasing number of visits to the site by Orthodox Jews, a program that is actively supported by Moshe Feiglin, an outspoken and far-right member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party. The sounds of Jews singing and praying a few meters below, at the Western Wall and adjoining tunnels, permeate the Dome of the Rock plaza. The choirs of bearded men and veiled women in black compete for dominance with shouts and screams in Arabic of “Jews out! This place belongs to Muslims!" Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2014 Jerusalem – The Temple Mount – A Carta Guide Book Posted on October 18, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "We promised to report on our new: “Jerusalem – The Temple Mount – A Carta Guide Book”. Incredibly, this is the first true guide book to the Temple Mount to be published since 1925, when the Supreme Muslim Council published their 12-page Brief Guide to al-Haram al-Sharif. In 2006 we published The Quest, Revealing the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. This is an academic work, but written and illustrated in such a way as to be accessible to scholars and laymen alike, detailing every nook and cranny of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Our new guide book is completely different from The Quest. It has many new evocative reconstructive illustrations and is designed to help visitors understand what they are looking at, but is also invaluable for the person who cannot visit the Temple Mount in the flesh, but whose spirit is very much there." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2014 Rare Archaeological Find from the History of Jerusalem Posted on October 20, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "The Israel Antiquities Authority’s office in the Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, announced that they will hold a press conference in order to: “Present to the Media a Rare Archaeological Find from the History of Jerusalem.” Interviews in English will be given tomorrow, October 21, 2014, between 10:30–12:30 at the offices of the Israel Antiquities Authority in the Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem. Wonder what that’ll be all about!" Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2014 Inscription dedicated to Hadrian found in Jerusalem Posted on October 21, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "Today, the Israel Antiquities Authority revealed the “Rare Archaeological Find from the History of Jerusalem”, which we mentioned in yesterday’s blog post. It turns out to be a Roman inscription dating from 129/130 AD. It was dedicated by the 10th Legion (Fretensis ) to Hadrian, the Roman Emperor who rebuilt Jerusalem in 135 AD and renamed it Aelia Capitolina. According to a report in Arutz Sheva, the inscription may be among “the most important Latin inscriptions ever discovered in Jerusalem.” The stone was found in secondary use as part of the cover of a deep cistern, hence the semi-circular hole that allowed the drawing of water." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Hippos-Sussita excavation: Silent evidence of the earthquake of 363 CE Date: October 23, 2014 Source: University of Haifa Summary: Silent evidence of a large earthquake in 363 CE -- the skeleton of a woman with a dove-shaped pendant – was discovered under the tiles of a collapsed roof by archeologists from the University of Haifa during this excavation season at Hippos-Sussita. They also found a large muscular marble leg and artillery ammunition from some 2,000 years ago. "The data is finally beginning to form a clear historical-archaeological picture," said Dr. Michael Eisenberg, head of the international excavation team. "Silent evidence of a large earthquake in 363 CE -- the skeleton of a woman with a dove-shaped pendant was discovered under the tiles of a collapsed roof by archeologists from the University of Haifa during this excavation season at Hippos-Sussita. They also found a large muscular marble leg and artillery ammunition from some 2,000 years ago. "The data is finally beginning to form a clear historical-archaeological picture," said Dr. Michael Eisenberg, head of the international excavation team." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 New drawings of the Development of the Temple Mount. Posted on October 23, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "Our Image Library contains reconstruction drawings of Jerusalem in the various periods. I made different versions of them for the ESV Study Bible and for the Chronological Life Application Study Bible. However, when compiling our latest book, a Guide Book to the Temple Mount (forthcoming), a new set of drawings was necessary, the focus this time being on how Mount Moriah developed over time. The series begins with a drawing of the topography of Mount Moriah:" Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 The Temple Mount in Jerusalem during the Jebusite period Posted on October 27, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "The next drawing of Mount Moriah that was prepared for our new Temple Mount Guide Book (and now available in our Image Library) shows what the mount would have looked like in the Jebusite period. Araunah the Jebusite was the last pre-Israelite ruler of Jerusalem, or Jebus, as it was then called. At the end of the second millennium BC, the mountain was used for growing wheat and barley, as attested to by the reference to the threshing floor of Araunah in 1 Chronicles 21.15. After God had brought a plague on Israel, the angel of the Lord, who was about to destroy Jerusalem, told King David to build an altar on the threshing floor." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 The Temple Mount in the time of Solomon Posted on October 31, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "As storm clouds gather over Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, we continue with our series on the development of Mount Moriah. In our previous post, we talked about the locations of the Altar and the Holy of Holies. What happened after David built the Altar? After ruling seven years in Hebron, he made Jerusalem the capital of Israel. The first thing he did was bring the Ark of the Covenant from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem, the City of David. There it rested, presumably in a tent in the grounds of David’s palace, until circa 967 BC." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 More on Hippos-Sussita: Archaeologists Excavate Earthquake-Devastated Roman City Thu, Oct 30, 2014 Team to return to site in 2015 to continue excavations. "Perched atop Sussita Mountain near the eastern bank of the Sea of Galilee, the city's ruins afford a commanding view of this ancient lake. One of the ten cities of the Decapolis, it was a Roman/Hellenistic enclave in ancient Palestine during the height of the Roman Empire. Known then as Antiochia Hippos, its ruins are now being explored and excavated by teams of archaeologists, students and volunteers. To date, they have unearthed a wealth of artifacts and an array of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Ummayad structures spanning a period of a thousand years—from the 2nd century BCE to the 8th century CE. Among the excavated remains are toppled columns and damaged structures, evidence of a violent earthquake that destroyed the city in 749 CE. It was the end of Antiochia Hippos. Its citizens abandoned it, never to return." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2014 Temple Mount Guide Book Posted on November 3, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "Carta, the publishers of our upcoming guide book, run a blog called Carta Jerusalem Echo. This morning they put up a post stating their hope that our new guide book will be published soon." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 The Temple Mount during the time of King Hezekiah Posted on November 13, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "The next drawing in our series dealing with the development of Mount Moriah and the Temple Mount shows what it would have looked like in the time of the later kings of Judah." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 The Temple Mount during the times of Ezra and Nehemiah Posted on November 15, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "Continuing our series on the development of Mount Moriah and the Temple Mount, we have now arrived at the time of Ezra and Nehemiah. In the Post-Exilic period, the returnees from Babylon first built the altar and then laid the foundations of the Second Temple (536 BC). There is no reason to doubt that these foundations followed the same orientation as the temple being replaced, as the foundation trenches were preserved in the Rock (as they are to this day). Due to the opposition of the local population, it took twenty years to complete the building of which we are told that it was 60 cubits high and wide, presumably referring to the dimensions of the façade." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 The Temple Mount during the Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods (332-37 BC) Posted on November 18, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer"The next drawing in our series on the development of Mount Moriah shows the Temple Mount in the Hasmonean period (see below). However, we will first describe some preliminary stages in its expansion, which took place during the Hellenistic period. The Bible, apart from the book of Daniel, is virtually silent about the inter-testamental period. However, the works of Josephus and the Apocryphal books of Ecclesiasticus and the two Books of the Maccabees provide much information. Josephus records in Ant.11.325–339 a visit to the Temple by Alexander the Great after his capture of Gaza in 332 BC. Here, the Jewish historian has him sacrificing in the Temple under the guidance of the High Priest." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Resource Manager Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 The Temple Mount in the Herodian period (37 BC-70 AD) Posted on November 24, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "Following on from our previous drawing, the Temple Mount during the Hellenistic and Hasmonean periods, we now examine the Temple Mount during the Herodian period. This was, of course, the Temple that is mentioned in the New Testament." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Resource Manager Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Building violations and illegal construction on the Temple Mount – again! Posted on November 26, 2014 by Leen Ritmeyer "Shimon Cohen and Tova Dvorin of israelnews.com report that the Jordanian Waqf is assembling a generator on the Temple Mount without permits. This was revealed by architect Gideon Harlap in a special Arutz Sheva interview: The Jordanian Waqf continues to build illegally on the Temple Mount, photos leaked to Arutz Sheva revealed Wednesday. The photos, which were taken by a visitor to the Mount, show what appears to be new construction, under a tarp, in the northeast corner of the Mount. To clarify whether the Waqf has the license to build on the Mount – and what ramifications there may be if it does not - Arutz Sheva spoke to architect Gideon Charlap, who turned to the licensing and inspection bureau in Jerusalem ”to address urgently the building violations and illegal construction on the Temple Mount,” as he put it." Continued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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