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Ritmeyer Archaeological Design began in 1983, producing posters and booklets as a response to the demand for educational materials on the subject of Biblical Archaeology. Since then, it has not only greatly expanded its product range, but grown into a firm that offers consultancy on archaeological background and illustration to groups as diverse as Hollywood movie companies, National Geographic, the ESV Study Bible and the new GLO Bible study computer program.Categories
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Category Archives: Research
Visit to Turkey
Apologies for my failure to blog in recent months. A research visit to Turkey and its subsequent recording, together with protracted happy family celebrations, account for this. Hope to make the results of our research available for educational use in … Continue reading
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GLO Easter Experience
The new digital GLO Bible illustrates the events surrounding the Passion Week of Jesus Christ with samples of the media that accompanies scripture. Some of the reconstructions and animated maps that are shown are based on designs by Ritmeyer Archaeological … Continue reading
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A 2,000 year old Mikveh exposed in the Western Wall tunnels
While I was abroad, the IAA reported that a 2,000 year old mikveh has been found near the Temple Mount: “The miqve was discovered inside the western hall of a splendid structure that is located just c. 20 meters from … Continue reading
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Building a Sacrificial Altar on Tisha B’av
Here is some really exciting news for those who are watching Temple Mount events. Arutz Sheva, a daily news report from Israel, reports that the Temple Institute plans to build an altar on Tisha b’Av – the 9th day of … Continue reading
Posted in Jerusalem, News, Research, Temple Mount
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Solomon’s Temple and Herod’s Temple Mount
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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A new Bible program
During the last eight months or so, we have worked as archaeological and historical consultants for a new digital Bible program, called Glo. On the introductory page of the new website, it says: “Glo is an interactive Bible with a … Continue reading
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German Lecture Tour
From June 19-27, 2009 a lecture tour in Germany has been planned. My wife Kathleen will join me. The first series will take place on June 19, 20 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, for see details here. The lecture titles are: 1. … Continue reading
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Free online version of the ESV Study Bible
During the month of March, anyone can access the ESV Study Bible for free at this website: http://www.esvstudybible.org/online It was a privilege to have worked on this wonderful project. This is what Justin Taylor (Project Director) wrote: “The ESVSB was … Continue reading
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The Antonia, Herod’s Temple Mount Fortress
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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Temple Mount Mikveh
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
Posted in Excavations, History, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Models, News, Products, Research, Site Info, Temple Mount, Uncategorized
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