Jewish Men Leaving the Wall on Friday Evening

Jewish Men

Muslim Man Making Falafel Balls

Muslims on Temple Mount

Sepulcher

Spices on Via Dolorosa

Wailing Wall

Jerusalem Map

Here is a map of the old city of Jerusalem.  I have highlighted in pink the roads that we walked while we were there for the weekend.  We must have walked some of the streets 3-6 times! Maybe more... it sure felt like it!

2009 Pottery Cache

In 2009 we discovered a huge cache of pottery in Field G.  We saved every last sherd from this excavation and this year we have laid out all the sherds in the conference room of the hotel.  We leave a key down at reception and any time we feel like it we go up there and try to piece together some of the enormous puzzle.

This afternoon my dad and I must have spent 3-5 hours sorting through the hordes of pottery and we made remarkable progress!

Here are some photos of what we put together:

Update: Cistern Steps

In a recent post, I mentioned that we thought we had found steps leading down into the cistern or reservoir.  

Here is a picture of what those steps looked like:

Upon further inspection, these stones do not appear to be worn.  If they had been steps we would see signs of wear from people walking on the stones for so many years.
We have come to the conclusion that they are part of the top of the wall and that the wall has been robbed out.

Not as exciting as we once thought.. but you have to go with what the evidence tells you!