OPHEL EXCAVATIONS
temple mount
In 1986-87 Eilat Mazar excavated alongside with her grandfather prof. Benjamin Mazar at the Ophel (the biblical acropolis of Initial Temple Period of time Jerusalem), on behalf of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew College of Jerusalem. The outcomes from their excavations are published in Qedem 29 (1989).
Since then, she has executed a number of excavation seasons at the Ophel site, revealing Initial Temple Period of time monumental constructions, which includes a city gate, towers, and a royal construction, recommended by her to be portion of the city wall of Jerusalem, developed for the duration of the tenth century by King Solomon, as described in 1 Kings three:one. According to E. Mazar, "It implies that at that time, the tenth century, in Jerusalem there was a regime able of carrying out such construction."
Given that 2009 the Ophel excavations and publications have been funded by Daniel Mintz and Meredith Berkman. Many college students from Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Oklahoma, have volunteered in these excavations, and participated in the subsequent processing of finds. Outstanding results from the new Ophel excavations are introduced at the net internet site proven by Mazar and the Higher education: keytodavidscity.com. This is in continuation of a shut connection between the Higher education and the Mazars, likely back to the 1960s, at that time in association with her grandfather Benjamin Mazar's Temple Mount Excavations.
In 1986-87 Eilat Mazar excavated alongside with her grandfather prof. Benjamin Mazar at the Ophel (the biblical acropolis of Initial Temple Period of time Jerusalem), on behalf of the Institute of Archaeology of the Hebrew College of Jerusalem. The outcomes from their excavations are published in Qedem 29 (1989).
Since then, she has executed a number of excavation seasons at the Ophel site, revealing Initial Temple Period of time monumental constructions, which includes a city gate, towers, and a royal construction, recommended by her to be portion of the city wall of Jerusalem, developed for the duration of the tenth century by King Solomon, as described in 1 Kings three:one. According to E. Mazar, "It implies that at that time, the tenth century, in Jerusalem there was a regime able of carrying out such construction."
Given that 2009 the Ophel excavations and publications have been funded by Daniel Mintz and Meredith Berkman. Many college students from Herbert W. Armstrong College in Edmond, Oklahoma, have volunteered in these excavations, and participated in the subsequent processing of finds. Outstanding results from the new Ophel excavations are introduced at the net internet site proven by Mazar and the Higher education: keytodavidscity.com. This is in continuation of a shut connection between the Higher education and the Mazars, likely back to the 1960s, at that time in association with her grandfather Benjamin Mazar's Temple Mount Excavations.
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