Zachi Dvira | Archaeologist, Director Temple Mount Sifting Project

Zachi Dvira is an Israeli archaeologist and co-director of the Temple Mount Sifting Project. In 1999, while a student of archaeology at Bar-Ilan University, Dvira sought to gain access to construction debris dumped by the Islamic Waqf during the Construction of the el-Marwani Mosque. He later formed the Temple Mount Sifting Project with Dr. Gabriel Barkay in order to recover and preserve historical artifacts from the debris excavated from the Temple Mount.