What We Learned from Sifting the Earth of the Temple Mount
The founders and directors of the Temple Mount sifting project explain the origin of the project, its goals, and highlight some of its important finds.
Dr. Gabriel Barkay
Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Gabriel Barkay is the co-founder and co-director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project and a lecturer on archaeology at Bar-Ilan University. He holds a Ph.D. in archaeology from Tel Aviv University, and was awarded the Jerusalem Prize in 1996. During Barkay’s large-scale excavation of Jerusalem’s Ketef Hinnom, his team discovered silvers scrolls from the 7th century containing a version of the Torah’s “Priestly Blessing.”
Last Updated: November 10, 2026
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