Category Archives: Jerusalem Models

Jerusalem model at Ben Gurion Airport

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Leen Ritmeyer

Alexander Schick, director of the Qumran and Bible Exhibition,  alerted me to the fact that a new model of  Jerusalem as it was about 2000 years ago has been placed inside the Arrival Hall at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s main … Continue reading →

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Was the Pool near the Gihon Spring in the City of David fortified?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Leen Ritmeyer

During a visit to the City of David last week, I noticed that the Pool next to the Gihon Spring is being opened up for viewing. Scaffolding has been put inside the pool, apparently in preparation for the casting of … Continue reading →

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Temple facade shown on Bar-Kokhba coins

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

A large cache of rare coins has been found by archaeologists in the Judean Hills. “Leaders of the Jewish resistance imprinted and dated coins for each year of the rebellion with, for example, images of the exterior of the Second … Continue reading →

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New Model of the Second Temple in Jerusalem

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

A model of the Second Temple has been placed on the roof top of the Aish haTorah Yeshiva building overlooking the Temple Mount. It appears to have been modeled on the Holyland model of the Second Temple, built in the … Continue reading →

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Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple Mount

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

This is a post I am thrilled to be able to write! Followers of this blog will know that over the years, we produced educational slide sets that lecturers and teachers used to give presentations or to enhance their own … Continue reading →

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The Antonia, Herod’s Temple Mount Fortress

Posted on February 2, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

In the Jan/Feb 2009 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, an article was published by Ehud Netzer, called “A New Reconstruction of Paul’s Prison”. Netzer is a respected and successful architect/archaeologist and well-known for his excavations of Herodium and Hasmonean and … Continue reading →

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The Messiah in the Temple

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Leen Ritmeyer

The Messiah in the Temple is an exciting project with the aim of developing a 3-D visual media of the Temple of Jerusalem. This project was conceived by the project manager Martin Severin. After reading Roger Liebi’s book of that … Continue reading →

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The Temple Mount and the National Geographic

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

In May this year, I was asked to join the National Geographic team on a poster supplement for the December Issue of the magazine. The subject of the poster was the history and architecture of the Temple Mount. I had … Continue reading →

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Temple Mount Mikveh

Posted on November 28, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

Zachi Zweig, an archaeologist who is involved with the Temple Mount Sifting project, kindly send me the paper [in Hebrew], which he gave at the recent conference on the Temple Mount at the Bar-Ilan University. I commented on this find … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem and Rome

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Leen Ritmeyer

Google Earth have brought out an exciting “Fly into Rome as it looked in 320 A.D.” animation. You can see it here. Below is a snapshot digital reconstruction of the Colosseum: If you don’t have Google Earth, you can download … Continue reading →

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