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Temple Mount Sifting Project
Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and Heritage Zeev Elkin (left), Director of American Friends of Beit Orot Shlomo Zwickler (right), and archaeologist Prof. Gabriel Barkay (far right) sift for artifacts at the relaunch of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, June 2, 2019. (Yosef Huri)
June 7, 2019, 2:04 pm
Temple Mount Sifting Project reboots, aims to salvage ancient temple artifacts
At Jerusalem Day event, minister vows funds for project in which 500,000 artifacts from all eras of J’lem settlement have already been found in dirt illegally dumped by Muslim Waqf
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
View of the site where a large chunk of stone dislodged from the Western Wall in Jerusalem at the mixed-gender prayer section on July 23, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 23, 2018, 4:09 pm
Archaeologist says entire Western Wall is ‘danger zone,’ public should stay away
Warning of ‘multiple cracks’ after boulder falls, Zachi Dvira says people should not be allowed near holy site — neither in the mainstream prayer pavilion nor at Robinson’s Arch
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Archaeologist Zachi Dvira (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
June 22, 2018, 2:58 pm
Muslim cleanup project ‘illegally disturbed, removed’ ancient soil on Temple Mt
Ramadan ‘beautification’ effort was deliberately provocative, part of bid to erase traces of pre-Muslim era heritage, claims activist-archaeologist; Israeli authorities checking
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
These Jewish-minted coins from Yehud, a province of semiautonomous Jewish rule under the Persian Empire, were discovered by the Temple Mount Sifting Project. (courtesy Temple Mount Sifting Project)
May 24, 2018, 8:24 pm
3 tiny, extremely rare 4th century BCE Jewish-minted coins found in Jerusalem
Struck during the Persian era, owl-inscribed ‘Yehud’ coins were discovered in the Temple Mount Sifting Project, doubling the number found in the Israeli capital
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Temple Mount soil being sifted in the city of Petah Tikva by Yeshurun High school students (Inbal Dasberg/Temple Mount Sifting Project)
May 17, 2018, 2:13 pm
Archaeologist for a day: Find Temple Mount treasures — at a school near you
The Temple Mount Sifting Project takes its show on the road with a pilot program in which it uses dirt to connect students to the past and future of the Jerusalem holy site
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Moshe Dayan at the Temple Mount, June 7, 1967 (Ilan Bruner / GPO)
May 24, 2017, 1:36 am
New Six Day War artifacts hint at a battle on the Temple Mount
Bullets, shell casings discovered in rubble and examined by the Temple Mount Sifting Project raise questions about fight for Judaism’s holiest site during the 1967 war
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
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