Group Project at "Silwan" or "Siloam" in Arabic: سلوان.

A predominantly Palestinian district in East Jerusalem, on the southeastern outskirts of the current Old City of Jerusalem. This project comes from course "Collaborators". the test case was on "city of David", archaeological site is on a rocky spur south of the Temple Mount and outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem, The hill descends from the Dung Gate toward the Gihon Spring and the Pool of Siloam.

This area is one of the most intensively excavated sites in the Holy Land.

Archaeological practice at The site has been criticized for its practitioners not acknowledging political and corporate motivations, questionable field practice and overtly skewed interpretations.

Today, the archeological site is part of the Palestinian neighborhood and former village of Silwan, Which was historically centered on the slopes of the southern part of the Mount of Olives, east of the City of David.

In the 20th century, the village spread west and crossed the valley to the eastern hill, the site of the ancient city. Before 1948, the area was known in Arabic as Wadi al-Nabah, but was renamed to Wadi al-Hilweh after the wife of the local mukhtar who was killed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.​​​

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My Group meet family are live in Silwan many generations, thay lets as to hear a littel part of life in Silwan. (Video 02:17)  

 

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