Mount Zion Archaeological Project
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Discoveries

What may seem like simple discoveries reveal the convergence of three of the world’s most influential religions and their role in the broader historical, religious, cultural and political dynamics of the Middle East and greater humanity.

Ancient stone cup A stone cup inscribed with 10 lines of ancient cryptic Hebraic script – known from the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Detail of Stone Cup script Detail of the stone cup inscriptions.
Threshold of gate A threshold to a gate dating back to Saladin, the Muslim leader of the military campaign against the Crusaders in the Levant (12th century CE).
Ceramic shards Coins and ceramics from every period of habitation for the past 3000 years.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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