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Excavations at the Temple Mount

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of the works underway be reported, at this stage, as constituting a threat to the stability of the Western Wall and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The work area ends at approximately 10 metres distance from the Western Wall. It is conducted with light equipment, picks and shovels, and it is supervised and documented according to professional standards." The report nonetheless advised the cessation of work, as the aims of gathering information had been met, and consultation with concerned parties. On March 20, 2007, the Turkish Government sent a technical team to inspect and report on the excavations to the Turkish Prime Minister
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the wall could seriously deteriorate or even collapse. The Waqf would not permit detailed Israeli inspection but came to an agreement with Israel that led to a team of Jordanian engineers inspecting the wall in October. They recommended repair work that involved replacing or resetting most of the stones in the affected area, which covers 2,000 square feet (190 square metres) and is located 25 feet (7.6 m) from the top of the wall. Repairs were completed before January 2004. The restoration of 250 square meters of wall cost 100,000 Jordanian dinars ($ 140,000).
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Between 1938 and 1942 R.W. Hamilton discovered a centaur relief under the floor of the Al-Aqsa mosque. The unpublished and defaced relief served as a paving slab in the mosque. The relief dates to the 3rd Century C.E. and probably belonged to the pagan temple of Jupiter Capitolinus that stood in that
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is an archaeological project started in 2005 with the goal of recovering archaeological artifacts from the 300 truckloads of soil removed by the Islamic Religious Trust (Waqf) from the Temple Mount compound's southeast area (sometimes called Solomon's Stables) during the 1996-1999 construction of the
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In March 2005, the word "Allah" in foot-tall Arabic script was found newly carved into the ancient stones of the Temple Mount, about thirty feet off the ground. The act was viewed by Jews and archaeologists as vandalism. The graffiti on their holiest site caused great offense to Jews. The carving was
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compound, who employs its own archaeologist and who at times has applied for the services of Jordanian and Egyptian restoration specialists. Work done by both sides has been controversial and criticized. Israeli and Jewish groups have criticized excavations conducted by the Waqf, with the Muslim side
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In 2002, a bulge of about 27 inches (69 cm) was reported in the southern retaining wall part of the Temple Mount. Archaeologists suspected Waqf excavations for a new mosque, using industrial diggers and heavy machinery, had weakened the stability of the southern Wall. It was feared that part of
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is an archaeological project established in 2005 and dedicated to recovering archaeological artifacts from the 300 truckloads of topsoil removed from the Temple Mount by the Waqf during the construction of the underground el-Marwani Mosque from 1996 to 1999. For the items recovered, see below in the
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engineers had already measured a slight movement in part of the southern wall during the excavations...There was no penetration of the Mount itself or danger to holy places, but midway in the tunnel's progress large cracks appeared in one of the residential buildings in the Moslem Quarter, 12 meters
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A March 2007 UNESCO report on the incident cleared the Israeli team of wrongdoing, saying that the excavations "concern areas external to the Western Wall and are limited to the surface of the pathway and its northern side ... o work is being conducted inside the Haram es-Sharif, nor may the nature
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Under the then-floor level of the Al-Aqsa mosque, Hamilton also found a paving slab used in an older floor of the mosque, and bearing the image of a centaur, which he dated to the 3rd century CE. It is believed this tile may be related to pagan religious construction on the Temple Mount during the
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period". He said that the work was urgently needed to maintain the al-Aqsa compound as an important religious institution. "We regret some Israeli groups try to use archaeology to achieve political ends, but their rules of archaeology do not apply to the Haram; it is a living religious site in an
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said: "There is disappointment at the turning of a blind eye and the ongoing contempt for the tremendous archaeological importance of the Temple Mount ...", "... Using heavy machinery and with little documentation, can damage ancient relics and erase evidence of the presence of the biblical
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is also revealed within the tunnel and ranks as one of the heaviest objects ever lifted by human beings without powered machinery. The stone has a length of 41 feet (12 meters) and an estimated width between 11.5 and 15 ft (3.5 and 4.6 meters) Estimates place its weight at 550 metric tons.
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envoy who visited the site in 1998 and claims to have been prevented from meeting Israeli officials (in his own words, "Mr Avi Shoket, Israel's permanent delegate to UNESCO, had repeatedly opposed my mission and, when I expressed the wish to meet with his successor, Uri Gabay, I was denied an
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listed Israeli encroachments on the Al-Aqsa Mosque: In 1977, digging continued and a large ancient tunnel was opened below the women's prayer area. A further tunnel was unearthed under the mosque, going from east to west, in 1979. Amayreh further claimed that in March 1984, the Archaeological
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replaced Leon Pressouyre as the UNESCO envoy to investigate the Israeli allegations that antiquities are being destroyed by the Waqf on the Temple Mount. Initially, Grabar was denied access to the buildings by Israel for over a year, allegedly due to the threat of violence resulting from the
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situated there. The compound is delineated by four ancient retaining walls, and is of high religious significance. The compound itself has only very rarely been the object of archaeological work, unlike the area surrounding it, which has been quite intensively excavated, especially along the
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Israel denied all charges, calling them "ludicrous". As a result of the furor, Israeli authorities installed cameras to film excavation work being carried out near the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The footage was broadcast live on the Internet, in an attempt to ease widespread anger in the Muslim world.
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called on the international community to stop the dig: "Israel's actions violate the mosque's sacred nature and risk destroying its religious and Islamic features." Syria condemned Israel's excavations, saying they "pose a threat against the Islamic and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem."
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The tunnel exposes a total length of 500 m (a third of a mile) of the wall, revealing the methods of construction and the various activities in the vicinity of the Temple Mount. The excavations included many archaeological finds along the way, including discoveries from the
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said work on the Temple Mount must stop immediately. "We are especially concerned because there is a history of Muslim religious leaders treating Israeli religious and cultural artifacts on the Temple Mount, not to mention the Jewish connection to Jerusalem, with contempt".
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In 1970, Israeli authorities commenced intensive excavations to the south and west of the compound. Over the period 1970–1988, the Israeli authorities excavated a tunnel passing along the western wall of the Temple Mount, northwards from the prayer plaza of the
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unsafe and in danger of collapse, the Israel Antiquities Authority started work on the construction of a temporary wooden pedestrian pathway to the Temple Mount. Muslim officials accused Israel of designs on the foundations of Al Aqsa mosque.
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underground el-Marwani Mosque. By 2006, the project had recovered numerous artifacts dating from the 8th to 7th centuries BCE from dirt removed in 1999. These include stone weights for weighing silver and a First Temple period
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Department of the Israeli Ministry of Religious Affairs dug a tunnel near the western portion of the mosque, endangering the Islamic "Majlis" or council building. Writing in 1991, Israeli archaeologist
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periods constructed to support buildings in the vicinity of the Temple Mount. Warren's Gate lies about 150 feet (46 m) into the tunnel. At the northern portion of the Western Wall, remains of a
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On February 11, 2004, the eastern wall of the Temple Mount was damaged by an earthquake. The damage threatens to topple sections of the wall into the area known as Solomon's Stables.
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Beginning in 1968, Israeli archaeologists began excavations at the foot of the Temple Mount, immediately south of the al-Aqsa Mosque, uncovering Roman, Umayyad and Crusader remains.
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opened the Western Wall Tunnel near the site. Fueled by the allegation that the tunnel would undermine the Temple Mount, Palestinians protested. Consequently, gun battles in the
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In 2007, artifacts dating to the eighth to sixth centuries BCE were described as being possibly the first physical evidence of human activity at the Temple Mount during the
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appointment"), accuses the Israeli government of culpably neglecting to protect the Islamic period buildings uncovered in Israeli excavations. Later, Prof.
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It is believed that on February 14, 2004, days after the earthquake, a winter storm destroyed the stone walkway leading from the Western Wall plaza to the
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condemned Israel for the excavation works around and beneath the Al-Aqsa Mosque and for willfully destroying religious, cultural and heritage sites. King
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Aside from visual observation of surface features, most other archaeological knowledge of the site comes from the 19th-century survey carried out by
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for excavation at the Temple Mount "without real, professional and careful archaeological supervision involving meticulous documentation". Israeli
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structures. Any excavation, even if for technical reasons, must be documented, photographed and the dirt sifted for any remains of relics." Dr.
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Photos: remains of an historic mosque near the Magharba Gate where Israeli excavations are taking place, Palestinian Information Center
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In 2000, an Israeli high court rejected a petition to halt construction, saying the matter should be left to the Israeli government.
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period upon the Temple Mount. This relief is the first Roman sculptured item discovered within the enclosure of the Temple Mount.
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attributed to the team of Jordanian engineers and Palestinian laborers in charge of strengthening that section of the wall.
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said a tractor used to dig the trench damaged the foundation of a 7-yard-wide wall "that might have been a remnant of the
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For actual finds from the surveys and digs inside the compound and listed in this section, please see the next section,
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In 1981, Yehuda Meir Getz, rabbi of the Western Wall, had workmen clear the debris from the gateway of the ancient
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Plan of The Noble Sanctuary (Haram al-Sharif) from "The survey of Western Palestine-Jerusalem" by Charles Warren
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Due to the extreme political sensitivity of the site, few archaeological excavations have been conducted on the
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After a landslide in 2004 left the earthen ramp leading to the politically sensitive access point known as the
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The structural history of the Aqsa Mosque: a record of archaeological gleanings from the repairs of 1938-1942
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Temple Mount destruction stirred archaeologist to action, February 8, 2005. Michael McCormack, Baptist Press
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The structural history of the Aqsa Mosque: a record of archaeological gleanings from the repairs of 1938-1942
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denied the claims, asserting that "the closest excavation to the mosque is some 70 meters to its south".
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period (streets, monumental masonry), sections of a reconstruction of the Western Wall dating to the
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Press Statement by the Honourable Dato' Seri Syed Hamid Albar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Malaysia
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Architectural Elements and Stratified Layers Were Seen in Several Spots in Trench Cross-Sections
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said they would end their ceasefire with Israel. The excavations provoked anger throughout the
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itself. Protests commonly occur whenever archaeologists conduct projects on or near the Mount.
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slammed the way the excavations were being carried out stating that "They should be using a
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in order to replace 40-year-old electric cables in the area. The dig, carried out by the
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above the excavation. The dig was halted until steel buttresses secured the building."
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3rd-century Roman relief of a centaur reused as a paving stone inside Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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does not recognize Israeli authority, though it had cooperated with Israel until
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criticizing work done by the Israeli side. International organizations, such as
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In 1996 the Waqf began unauthorized construction in the structures known since
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Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount
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Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount
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Committee for the Prevention of Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount
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passageway, allowing the area to be (re)opened as a prayer space called the
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New, very long trench to the North and East of the Dome of the Rock plateau
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leader—called on Palestinians to unite to protest the excavations, while
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In July 2007 the Waqf began digging a 400-metre-long, 1.5-metre-deep
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Report of the UNESCO Technical Mission to the Old City of Jerusalem
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Photos: Unsupervised Islamic Digging on Temple Mount, Arutz Sheva
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Was the Aksa Mosque built over the remains of a Byzantine church?
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in the 1870s. His exploration was under the auspices of the
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The first archaeological work was undertaken by the British
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Marble floor revealed during repair work at Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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from the northern side of the Temple Mount compound to the
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Violent clashes at key Jerusalem mosque on 'day of anger'
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Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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The biggest stone in the Western Wall often called the
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dig along the southern wall had sounded alarm bells.
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Archaeologists Reveal Shocking Stories of Their Past
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condemned Waqf excavations on the Temple Mount. The
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Index


Robinson's Arch

springers
Western Wall
Old City of Jerusalem
archaeological excavations in Jerusalem
Temple Mount
southern
western walls
Royal Engineers
Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem
PEF Survey of Palestine
Old City
in 1967
Israel
Jerusalem Islamic Waqf
Al-Aqsa
UNESCO
Temple Mount
Finds from the compound
Charles Wilson
Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem
Charles Warren
PEF Survey of Palestine
Biblical archaeology
Palestine Exploration Fund
Royal Engineers
Levant
Palestine

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