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The Ophel treasure is a 1,400-year-old collection of 36 gold coins and a large gold medallion discovered in 2013 on the foot of Jerusalem's Temple Mount by archeologist Eilat Mazar. The medallion is engraved with Jewish symbols like a seven-branched menorah , a shofar and a Torah scroll .
The Park is located in the northern Ophel of Jerusalem at the foot of the Temple Mount's Southern Wall. It contains archaeological finds from the Bronze Age in 3,000 BC up to the Ottoman Period in the early 20th century. The area of the property is around 20 dunams, and is partly bounded by the Ophel Road. Its entrance is through an underpass ...
The ophel of Jerusalem, Israel. The Kidron Valley and Mount of Olives are in the background.. Ophel (Hebrew: עֹפֶל, romanized: ʿōp̄el) [1] [2] is the biblical term given to a certain part of a settlement or city that is elevated from its surroundings, and probably means fortified hill or risen area.
Ophel pithos is a 3,000-year-old inscribed fragment of a ceramic jar found near Jerusalem's Temple Mount by archeologist Eilat Mazar. It is the earliest alphabetical inscription found in Jerusalem written in what was probably Proto-Canaanite script. [43] Some scholars believe it to be an inscription of the type of wine that was held in a jar. [44]
Map of Davidic Jerusalem, with the location of the Millo indicated. Stepped stone structure/millo with the House of Ahiel to the left. The Millo (Hebrew: המלוא, romanized: ha-millō) was a structure in Jerusalem referred to in the Hebrew Bible, first mentioned as being part of the city of David in 2 Samuel 5:9 and the corresponding passage in the Books of Kings (1 Kings 9:15) and later in ...
3,200-year-old tomb — filled with gold treasure — unearthed in Armenia, photos show. Aspen Pflughoeft. February 27, 2023 at 5:44 PM. ... Photos show the dusty remains of this structure.
Eilat Mazar (Hebrew: אילת מזר; 10 September 1956 – 25 May 2021) was an Israeli archaeologist.She specialized in Jerusalem and Phoenician archaeology. She was also a key person in Biblical archaeology noted for her discovery of the Large Stone Structure, which she surmised to be the palace of King David.
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