Young Archaeologist

 In 1999, Muslims wanted to add another mosque on top of the Temple Mount.  They irresponsibly used bull dozers to clean out 2 of the 7 areas under the Temple Mount known as Solomon's Stables.  It took them 2 years to destroy thousands of years of history.  It took the Israel government 5 years to get a permit to sift through the debris that was left for ruins in an empty valley.

So Israel initiated the Temple Mount Recovery Project.  It allows volunteers to sift through the debris looking for whatever might be recovered.  So far, they have found coins, glass, metal, pottery from all time periods dating back to the Second Temple.

Emily and I had a ball.  We got a short lecture on the history, timeline and what to look for.  You then grabbed a bucket, poured it on a sifter and the hunt began.  Emily and I found a specific type of rock used as flooring during the Second Temple Period.  We also found a piece of pottery from the Byzantine - a part of a smoking pipe.  Another little boy found a coin and a bead.  The coin has to be cleaned to determine what time period it was from.

Loved the morning.  So fun we got to experience this on our last day in Jerusalem.  Psalm 102:15 - "For your servants have cherished her stones and favored her dust."