This morning -- following our 6:30am wake-up and 7:00am breakfast, we boarded the bus to begin our first full day of touring: The Old City of Jerusalem. What a wonderful introduction to historical-Israel! As our guide, Danny, narrated and lectured, our very capable driver, Nir, somehow managed to navigate the narrow and twisting streets of Jerusalem. Through the Kidron Valley, on the road to Bethlehem, we stopped only minutes from the Damascus Gate at a make-shift archaeological campsite. After learning about the project from the organization's spokesman, we began our search through buckets of rocks and debris shuttled to the site from a dig that took place directly underneath the Temple Mount.
Truly a remarkable engineering project....we had the opportunity to find pottery, glass, mosaic tiles, metals, bones, coins, and other interesting objects that had simply been dumped in piles by the excavators back in 1990.
Click below to enjoy a brief video "starring" Jacques Wolfner...
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