A Decade of Archaeological Exploration on the Temple Mount. (2nd January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baruch, Yuval; Reich, Ronny; Sandhaus, Débora
• Is Part Of: Tel Aviv. Volume 45:Number 1(2018)
• Page Start: 3
• Page End: 22
• Publication Date: 2018-01-02
• Subjects: Jerusalem -- Temple Mount -- Dome of the Rock -- al-Aqsa Mosque -- Iron Age; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Israel -- Periodicals; Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East -- Periodicals; Israel -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Middle East -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 -- Periodicals; 933
• DOI: 10.1080/03344355.2018.1412057
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0334-4355

Abstract

Abstract : Recent inspection by the Israel Antiquities Authority has shed light on several issues related to the history of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem:important data has been gathered regarding the character of the rock at the summit of the hill; knowledge of the drainage systems and the cisterns that have served the Temple Mount has been augmented; in several places ancient structures buried beneath layers of soil have been recorded; and several previously concealed architectural elements probably associated with the Second Temple period have been detected.