Uncovering Jerusalem's History in the Rubble of Temple Mount

How do you excavate a site where an archaeological dig could start a war? Enter the Sifting Project, which hunts for treasures in earth once dug up by the Mount’s Muslim authorities.

Oct 18, 2015 5:19 PM

“We are not political here,” says archaeologist Gabriel Barkay while sitting down for a chat on a makeshift veranda with the Dome of the Rock in the distance amid the muezzin’s call, police sirens and a...

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