Ward SanfordJan 3, 20216 minFortress Antonia: The Guardian of Herod's TempleThis is a glacis and fosse (dry moat) at the Tower of David near the Jaffa Gate—a similar defensive structure is described by Josephus...
Ward SanfordDec 27, 20204 minSolomon's Stables and the "So-Called Cedron Ravine"A lithographic print of a part of Solomon's stables in the 19th century Josephus describes the eastern one-third of today’s Temple Mount...
Ward SanfordDec 20, 20206 minIn Search of the Greek Acra: The Military Fortress of the Hanukkah Story AntagonistsDid this dig beneath a parking lot uncover foundations of the 2nd-century BCE Greek Acra? Hanukkah is the story of the miracle of a holy...