The Smithsonian Magazine has published and long article about the project. There are mistakes and misunderstandings in the article. Important issues were not mentioned while other non-relevant political issues where emphasized. Nevertheless, it is worth reading: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/What-is-Beneath-the-Temple-Mount.html#ixzz1HpGimAHr
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- 2005 First Preliminary Report, NSOJ 11 (Hebrew)
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- 2016 "Reconstruction of the Colored Floors of the Temple Courtyards of the Late Second Temple", CDSAJ 11 (Hebrew)
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- 2005 "For your servants have cherished her stones and favored her dust", MAKOR RISHON (Hebrew)
- 2008 "New Information from Various Temple Mount Excavations from The Last Hundred Years", NSOJ 14 (Hebrew)
- 2011 "Secondary Refuse Aggregates from the First and Second Temple Periods on the Eastern Slope of the Temple Mount", NSOJ 17 (Hebrew)
- 2011 "A Fiscal Bulla from the Slopes of the Temple Mount – Evidence for the Taxation System of the Judean Kingdom", NSOJ 17 (Hebrew)
- 2007 "Addressing the Issue of Temple Mount Pavements During the Herodian Period", NSOJ 13 (Hebrew)
- 2009 "A Roman Period Centaur Relief from the Temple Mount", NSOJ 15 (Hebrew)
Selected Media Reports
- 01. INN: Dumped Temple Mount Rubble Yields Jewish Artifacts
- 02. Jerusalem Post: First Temple-era seal discovered
- 03. AP: At Jerusalem holy site, one religion’s trash is another’s treasure trove
- 04. JPost: Rubble yields silver Temple ‘tax’ half-shekel
- 05. JPost: Was the Aksa Mosque built over the remains of a Byzantine church?
- 07. Smithsonian: What is Beneath the Temple Mount
- 06. Bible and Spades 2009
- 08 . Esra Magazine: Sifting by volunteers reveals hidden story
- 09. JPost: Rare 3,000-year-old King David era seal discovered by Temple Mount Sifting Project
- 10. Haaretz: Uncovering Jerusalem's History in the Rubble of Temple Mount
- 12. Times of Israel: UNESCO Resolution Ignores Christian Ties Too
- 11. Scientific American: Reconstruction of Second Temple Floors
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Apr 06, 2011 @ 03:11:02
While the article in the Smithsonian Magazine is not perfect by any means, I have to agree with Suzanne Singer’s comment that the article is “the most complete and balanced one that I have read.”
I love the TMSP Unidentified Finds Research Forum and, one of these days, I will recognize one of the finds from previous studies and experience. Thank you for the opportunity!