Sep 6, 2016
Temple Tiles discovered in archaeology sifting project!
this is fascinating. in the sifting project that sifts through the dirt and rubble removed from the Temple Mount area by the Arabs, archaeologists have discovered pieces of marble flooring. After dating them and piecing them together, they realize they have discovered tiles from the floor of the Second Temple!
the tiles the pieced together indicate there were [at least] three different designs of tiles used in the Temple areas:
source: Walla, TOI
the tiles the pieced together indicate there were [at least] three different designs of tiles used in the Temple areas:
source: Walla, TOI
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Not sure why this is news now - I actually found one of these tiles myself on a trip to the sorting site about four years ago. It's definitely quite the feeling to hold something physical that came from the Beit HaMikdash.
ReplyDeletemaybe they only just now had enough and were finally able to put the pieces together and reconstruct what the tile actually looked like!
ReplyDeletethat must have been a very exciting experience!
It was...
DeleteThe article says 3 patterns. What's the third?
ReplyDeletethe walla article has the various patterns, but I was unable to include the images here
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