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We moved our son to Immanuel for two reasons: the standard of academic achievement required of its students and the love of, and passion for, religion that it instils in its students, making them proud of their beliefs.

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'Ir David' Foundation - The Archaeology of Jerusalem

Friday, 20th November 2009

There is a neat animation online called ‘Imperial History of the Middle East’ that shows, in ninety seconds, the impressive number of empires and rulers that have controlled Israel and the surrounding areas in the past three thousand years. As Jamie Salter explained in his talk to the Sixth Form, for most of this period there was no way for new inhabitants to clear away the structures of the previous population, and so new buildings were simply constructed on top of the old. In this way, layers ‘like those of an onion’ were formed, each one corresponding to a particular era in history, and each one building upon the immensely rich archaeology of the region. The ‘Ir David’ Foundation that Mr Salter works for undertakes, (as the name would suggest), archaeological digs in what was ‘Ir David’ – the City of David, the area established by King David as the capital of his kingdom in 2110 BCE. As well displaying genuine historical artefacts and showing a 3D movie, (nicely tying in with Channel Four’s 3D week), Mr Salter even highlighted a link to London and the modern day. It was the discovery in 1867 of a man-made tunnel running underneath Jerusalem that started excavations in the City of David. Who discovered it? Charles Warren, British army officer, and later head of the Metropolitan Police.

Mossy Wittenberg, Year 12