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A rare 3,000 year-old seal dating to the period of kings David and Solomon of the 10th century BCE was recently discovered at the Temple Mount Sifting Project in Jerusalem. According to Dr. Gabriel Barkay, co-founder and director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project, the seal is the first of its kind to be found in the Israeli capital. “The dating of the seal corresponds to the historical period of the Jebusites and the conquest of Jerusalem by King David, as well as the construction of the Temple and the royal official compound by his son, King Solomon… What makes...

Sifting through historyLong-lost Acadian settlement reveals itself layer by layer in new excavation By TOM MCCOAG Amherst Bureau | 6:08 AM Gilbert Losier, of Dieppe, N.B., holds up a metal object he unearthed while participating in the dig at Beaubassin. A shard of glass and a piece of a pipe, two of the artifacts dug from the earth at the site of what was once an Acadian village.Amateur archeologists work pits and trenches that dot the field where the Acadian village of Beaubassin once stood. They were participating in a public dig sponsored by Parks Canada."Archeologist Clarice Valotaire leans into...