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Temple Mount Sifting Project

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Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
Temple Mount Sifting Project
The Temple Mount Sifting Project is an Israeli archaeological project begun in 2004 dedicated for the purpose of recovering archaeological artifacts from 400 truckloads of topsoil removed from the Temple Mount by the Waqf during the construction of the underground el-Marwani Mosque from 1996 to 1999. The project is under the academic auspices of Bar Ilan University and until 2017 was funded by the Ir David Foundation and Israel Exploration Society. In April 2017, the project announced that the Ir David Foundation suddenly decided to stop funding the project and, as a result, the sifting part of the project would be closed. Also the funding that was promised to them by Benjamin Netanyahu has never been received. The project has since started to raise money using crowdfunding. The target is 250,000 Israeli new shekel in order to complete the study of the items that were already found.Since 2017 the project has been funded by the Israel Archaeology Foundation.
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