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		<title>20th Anniversary of the death of Prof. Nahman Avigad and publication of the Jerusalem Cardo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2012/02/02/20th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-prof-nahman-avigad-and-publication-of-the-jerusalem-cardo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2012/02/02/20th-anniversary-of-the-death-of-prof-nahman-avigad-and-publication-of-the-jerusalem-cardo/</link>
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		<title>Fiscal bulla found in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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: &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2012/01/03/fiscal-bulla-found-in-jerusalem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2012/01/03/fiscal-bulla-found-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>Jesus and the Temple</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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  &#8221;Imagining the Temple Early Jews Knew&#8221;. Here are &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/12/13/jesus-and-the-temple/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jerusalem news</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In yesterday&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/12/09/jerusalem-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mysterious carvings found in City of David excavations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/12/07/mysterious-carvings-found-in-city-of-david-excavations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/12/07/mysterious-carvings-found-in-city-of-david-excavations/</link>
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		<title>How to distort the truth about the Herodian Temple Mount</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/12/06/how-to-distort-the-truth-about-the-herodian-temple-mount/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/12/06/how-to-distort-the-truth-about-the-herodian-temple-mount/</link>
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		<title>The Architectural Development of the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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. &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/23/the-architectural-development-of-the-western-wall-of-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/23/the-architectural-development-of-the-western-wall-of-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>Dating the Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/23/dating-the-western-wall-of-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/23/dating-the-western-wall-of-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>The Western Wall of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Spokesperson of the Israel Antiquities Authority &#8220;circulated an invitation to journalists to attend a press conference tomorrow (Wednesday, November 23, 2011) at which &#8220;A find will be presented that challenges the conventional viewpoint in archaeology regarding the construction of the Western &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/22/the-western-wall-of-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/22/the-western-wall-of-the-temple-mount-in-jerusalem/</link>
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		<title>Walking with Abraham</title>
		<description><![CDATA[History becomes alive in Israel and other Bible Lands. Not only can well-known Biblical sites that are associated with both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament be visited, one can also sail across the Sea of Galilee and walk &#8230; <a href="http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/16/walking-with-abraham/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.ritmeyer.com/2011/11/16/walking-with-abraham/</link>
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