The Elad Association is seeking public assistance in locating the family of an unknown child buried 75 years ago on the Mount of Olives in a shared grave with a homeland defender. A mysterious enigma from the early days of the state's establishment still awaits a solution, and the thread has no end – even more than 75 years later. The Elad Association is now attempting to close the circle and seeking the public's help.
Many finds have been discovered in the City of David excavations, and they provide non-verbal testimony to the destruction of Jerusalem, both in the Babylonian period and in the Roman period. More than a thousand years after the destruction of the Second Temple, Jerusalem’s walls were breached again on the same date.
“For the first time in 2000 years, we have archaeological finds from the Temple Mount.” So began my discussion with Gabriel Barkay, a veteran archaeologist with extensive experience, who has made numerous important discoveries.
