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		<title>&#8220;Solomonic Wall&#8221; found in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The confusion in the reporting on this wall was summed up in one sentence by Neil Silberman: &#8220;Dr. Eilat Mazar is at it again– running to the press before properly submitting her finds to serious archaeological scrutiny.&#8221; This has been my personal experience going back to 1986.
I do believe that she is a good archaeologist, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Temple period wall found in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was reported this morning by the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Arutz 7 that &#8220;a section of an ancient city wall of Jerusalem from the 10th century bce—possibly built by King Solomon—has been revealed in archaeological excavations directed by Dr. Eilat Mazar and conducted under the auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2010/02/22/first-temple-period-wall-found-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>Ancient street found in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago an ancient street was found in Jerusalem in an archaeological excavation inside the Jaffa Gate, next to the remains of the Hippicus Tower. This exciting find has been reported by many commentators. This CBN news item, however, shows an interesting video of the excavated street. The excavators have pointed out that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2010/02/16/ancient-street-found-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>360 degree view of the Double Gate Tunnel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just found this on Todd Bolen&#8217;s blog&#8230; a 360 degrees, virtual reality view of the inside of the Al-Aksa Mosque, Dome of the Rock and the underground Double Gate tunnel.
When you look at the Double Gate tunnel view, be sure to look up and see the beautifully decorated domes which still exist in their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2010/01/30/360-degree-view-of-the-double-gate-tunnel/</link>
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		<title>Solomon&#8217;s Temple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In November last year, I gave some lectures at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS).
An abstract of my lecture on Solomon&#8217;s Temple has been put on their website. You can read it here.


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		<title>Confirmed: David was king in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been reported that &#8220;Professor Gershon Galil of the department of biblical studies at the University of Haifa has deciphered an inscription dating from the 10th century BCE (the period of King David&#8217;s reign), and has shown that this is a Hebrew inscription. The discovery makes this the earliest known Hebrew writing. The significance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2010/01/08/confirmed-david-was-king-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>Where Heaven and Earth Meet: Jerusalem’s Sacred Esplanade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new book on the Temple Mount was published today in Jerusalem. It has been widely reported, for example  here, here, here and elsewhere. Various Jewish, Muslim and Christian authors discuss the meaning of the Temple Mount, called in this book the &#8220;Sacred Esplanade&#8221;. The book is a collection of essays by renowned scholars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2010/01/04/where-heaven-and-earth-meet-jerusalem%e2%80%99s-sacred-esplanade/</link>
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		<title>New Studies on Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, December 24, 2009 a conference will be held dealing with new studies on Jerusalem at the Ingeborg Rennert Center, Martin (Szusz) Department of Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, The Faculty of Jewish Studies at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel. The conference will be held in Hebrew, but the proceedings with English abstracts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2009/12/16/new-studies-on-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>Leprosy in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In 1994 my archaeologist-wife Kathleen and I wrote an article in Biblical Archaeology Review (Nov/Dec 1994) called &#8220;Akeldama &#8211; Potter&#8217;s Field or Priestly Cemetery?&#8221; Akaldama is mentioned in the Bible as a burial place for strangers, bought with the money given to Judas to betray Jesus (Acts 1.19). Akeldama means Field of Blood, for Judas, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2009/12/16/leprosy-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>National Geographic&#8217;s The Holy Land Special Issue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we were in the US, we noticed a special November 2009 issue of the National Geographic on The Holy Land. 
It has many interesting articles about the Holy Land, but it also has a previously published poster of the Temple Mount as an insert. We described this poster, of which we were one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2009/11/25/national-geographics-the-holy-land-special-issue/</link>
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