{"id":46468,"date":"2016-09-13T17:05:52","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T15:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=46468"},"modified":"2016-09-10T20:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T18:26:04","slug":"12-05-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=46468","title":{"rendered":"Archaeologists restore ancient tiles from Second Temple in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>Archaeologists restore ancient tiles from Second Temple in Jerusalem <\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

DANIEL K. EISENBUD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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“This represents the first time that archaeologists have been able to successfully restore an element from the Herodian Second Temple complex,” says expert<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n


\n A reconstructed tile from the Second Temple.. (photo credit:ZACHI DVIRA\/TEMPLE MOUNT SIFTING PROJECT)<\/span><\/p>\n

For the first time since its destruction at the hands of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago, several floor tiles from Jerusalem\u2019s Second Temple\u2019s courtyard have been reconstructed, archeologists announced on Tuesday.\u00a0According to Dr. Gabriel Barkay and Zachi Dvira, co-founders and co-directors of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, the reconstruction is unprecedented.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis represents the first time that archeologists have been able to successfully restore an element from the Herodian Second Temple complex,\u201d said Dvira at an unveiling of the tiles at the project\u2019s headquarters in Emek Tzurim National Park, located on the western slopes of Mount Scopus.<\/span><\/p>\n

The regally designed ancient tiles likely featured prominently in the courtyards of the holy Temple during King Herod\u2019s reign between 37 to 4 BCE, added Barkay.\u00a0\u201cIt enables us to get an idea of the Temple\u2019s incredible splendor,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Temple Mount Sifting Project, supported by the City of David Foundation and the Israel Archeology Foundation, was established in response to the illegal removal of tons of antiquities-rich earth from the Temple Mount by the Islamic Waqf in 1999.<\/span>
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It is run under the auspices of Bar-Ilan University and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.<\/span><\/p>\n

Frankie Snyder, a member of the Temple Mount Sifting Project\u2019s team of researchers and an expert in the study of ancient Herodian-style flooring, said they succeeded in restoring the ornate tile patterns using geometric principles, and through similarities found in tile design used by Herod at other sites.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis type of flooring, called opus sectile [Latin for \u201ccut work\u201d] is very expensive, and was considered to be far more prestigious than mosaic tiled floors,\u201d said Snyder, who has an academic background in mathematics and Judaic Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSo far, we have succeeded in restoring seven potential designs of the majestic flooring that decorated the buildings of the Temple Mount,\u201d Snyder added, noting that there were no opus sectile floors in Israel prior to the time of King Herod.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe tile segments were perfectly inlaid, such that one could not even insert a sharpblade between them,\u201d she explained.<\/span><\/p>\n

To date, approximately 600 colored stone floor tile segments have been uncovered, with more than 100 of them definitively dated to the Herodian Second Temple Period.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis style of flooring is consistent with those found in Herod\u2019s palaces at Masada, Herodian, and Jericho, among others, as well as in majestic palaces and villas in Italy, also attributed to the time of Herod,\u201d said Snyder.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tile segments \u2013 mostly imported from Rome, Asia Minor, Tunisia, and Egypt \u2013 were created from polished multicolored stones, cut in a variety of geometric shapes.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA key characteristic of the Herodian tiles is their size, which corresponds to the Roman foot, approximately 29.6cm.,\u201d said Snyder.<\/span><\/p>\n

The possibility that large expanses of the Temple Mount during the Second Temple Period were covered with opus sectile flooring was first raised in 2007 by archeologist Assaf Avraham, director of the Jerusalem Walls National Park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Avraham\u2019s theory was based on a description given by the first-century Romano- Jewish historian Josephus, who wrote in The Jewish War, \u201c…the uncovered [Temple Mount courtyard] was completely paved with stones of various types and colors…\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Moreover, Talmudic literature records the meticulously planned construction of the Temple Mount, describing rows of marble in different colors, including green, blue and white.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow, as a result of Frankie Snyder\u2019s mathematical skills, we have succeeded in recreating the actual tile patterns,\u201d said Barkay.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cReferring to the Temple that Herod built, the Talmud says that, \u2018Whoever has not seen Herod\u2019s building, has not seen a beautiful building in his life,\u2019\u201d he continued.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThough we have not merited seeing the Temple in its glory, with the discovery and restoration of these unique floor tiles, we are now able to have a deeper understanding and appreciation for the Second Temple, even through this one distinctive characteristic.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the Temple Mount Sifting Project\u2019s inception in 2004, more than 200,000 volunteers from around the world have taken part in the sifting, representing an unprecedented phenomenon in the realm of archeological research.<\/span><\/p>\n

The restored tiles will be presented to the general public on Thursday at the 17th Annual City of David Archaeological Conference.<\/span><\/p>\n

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