{"content":[{"text":"Tiles from the Temple? \n Commentary for September 15, 2016 — Other Explanations are Possible \n Below is an interesting World Net Daily article about tile pieces discovered by the Temple \n Sifting Project, but the tiles are not from the true Temple site. DWS","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.121327,"width":0.808426,"height":0.09784}},{"text":"Was latest archaeological find really from Jewish Temple? \n WND Exclusive, September 10, 2016 \n Traditional site was a Roman fort, critics say. Leo Hohmann \n Archeologists believe they have found new proof that Herod’s \n Second Temple once stood on the site of the current “Dome \n of the Rock” in Jerusalem, walked upon by Jesus, but others \n are saying “not so fast.” \n A representative of the Temple Sifting Project \n holds up one of the restored inlaid tiles. \n Jerusalem-based Temple Mount Sifting Project announced \n earlier this week it has successfully restored a unique architectural element of the Second \n Temple. It’s known as “opus sectile,” which is Latin for “cut work,” an ancient Roman method \n of cutting polished stones and inlaying them in very expensive floors \n to make a beautiful design. The tile segments were inlaid with such \n precision that one could not insert a sharp blade between them. \n Eight-sided star made from cut rocks \n inlaid tightly together into tiles: \n These decorative tiles adorned the porticos atop the Temple Mount \n and likely featured prominently in the courtyards of the Second \n Temple during the period that King Herod ruled (37 to 4 BCE) in \n Jerusalem. \n “It enables us to get an idea of the Temple’s incredible splendor,” stated Dr. Gabriel Barkay, \n co-founder and director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project. The restored tiles were present- \n ed to the public on Sept. 8, at the 17th Annual \n City of David Archaeological Conference. \n The exact place where the tiles came from is not \n 100 percent locked down but Barkay says he is \n certain they originated from a building within \n the present-day Temple Mount. \n Some of the 100 cut and polished stones dis- \n covered by the Temple Mount Sifting Project:","bbox":{"left":0.088235,"top":0.245321,"width":0.8528510000000001,"height":0.6704559999999999}}],"images_bbox":[{"left":0.088235,"top":0.045455,"width":0.849673,"height":0.061237},{"left":0.740768,"top":0.517866,"width":0.2,"height":0.154104},{"left":0.66969,"top":0.325758,"width":0.271828,"height":0.142239},{"left":0.84567,"top":0.232188,"width":0.07982,"height":0.061679},{"left":0.545343,"top":0.751578,"width":0.396444,"height":0.185286}],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[{"left":0.088235,"top":0.045455,"width":0.849673,"height":0.061237},{"left":0.740768,"top":0.517866,"width":0.2,"height":0.154104},{"left":0.66969,"top":0.325758,"width":0.271828,"height":0.142239},{"left":0.84567,"top":0.232188,"width":0.07982,"height":0.061679},{"left":0.545343,"top":0.751578,"width":0.396444,"height":0.185286}]}