Category Archives: Jerusalem

20th Anniversary of the death of Prof. Nahman Avigad and publication of the Jerusalem Cardo

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Leen Ritmeyer

Apologies for not having blogged a while, but I was busy with projects. For those of you who had sad thoughts about my absence, these are unfounded, as this picture shows: Received an invitation marking the 20th anniversary of the death … Continue reading →

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Fiscal bulla found in Jerusalem

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Leen Ritmeyer

A few days ago, the Temple Mount Sifting Project published an article about a fiscal bulla (a lump of clay that bears the imprint of an inscribed seal) that was found in an excavation on the eastern slope of Mount Moriah: … Continue reading →

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Jesus and the Temple

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

As announced in a previous post, this coming Thursday the symposium on Jesus and the Temple will commence in Boca Raton. It will be my pleasant duty to give the opening lecture, entitled  ”Imagining the Temple Early Jews Knew”. Here are … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem news

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In yesterday’s post, we reported on the large mysterious V-shaped marks found in the City of David Excavations: The announcement by Eli Shukron that he was puzzled by the marks, brought an enormous response from people who had all sorts … Continue reading →

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Mysterious carvings found in City of David excavations

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In today’s Haaretz it is reported that mysterious 2,800 year old V-shaped carvings were found in the City of David. Mysterious stone carvings made thousands of years ago and recently uncovered in an excavation underneath Jerusalem have archaeologists stumped. The … Continue reading →

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How to distort the truth about the Herodian Temple Mount

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In my latest blog post, I tried to show how the Temple Mount may have developed after the death of Herod the Great. This post was written in the wake of the discovery of four coins from the time of … Continue reading →

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The Architectural Development of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

The latest archaeological developments near the Western Wall of the Temple Mount (see my previous post) have caused concern to some who feel that their understanding that King Herod the Great built the Temple Mount in Jerusalem is being undermined. … Continue reading →

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Dating the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

The announcement of the new theory on when the Western Wall was built (see here and here) was not as dramatic as expected. The discovery of coins, the latest of which were struck by the Roman procurator Valeruis Gratus in … Continue reading →

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The Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

The Spokesperson of the Israel Antiquities Authority “circulated an invitation to journalists to attend a press conference tomorrow (Wednesday, November 23, 2011) at which “A find will be presented that challenges the conventional viewpoint in archaeology regarding the construction of the Western … Continue reading →

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Walking through the Herodian sewer in Jerusalem

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Leen Ritmeyer

In the previous post we mentioned the opening of the Herodian sewer in Jerusalem. One can now walk underground from the Siloam Pool to the Temple Mount. Last week, we were one of the first groups to walk through this … Continue reading →

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