Givati Parking Lot dig

Givati Parking Lot dig
	Givati Parking Lot Excavations
Alternative name	Wadi Hilwa Square
Location	Silwan, Jerusalem
Coordinates	31°46′23″N 35°14′11″E / 31.773056°N 35.236389°E
Type	Archaeological excavation
History
Founded	Various periods, primarily Second Temple and Byzantine
Site notes
Discovered	2007
Public access	No

The Givati Parking Lot dig (also called Wadi Hilwa Square)^[1] is an archaeological excavation located in Silwan in advance of building project commissioned by the El'ad Association. It is adjacent to the City of David archaeological site. The dig was conducted by Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the City of David Foundation.^[2] While the IAA conducts the excavations, the project and site is managed by El'ad.^[3]

^ Hawari, Mahmoud (2022). "Silwan: Biblical Archaeology, Cultural Appropriation, and Settler Colonialism". Jerusalem Quarterly. 90: 75–97.
^ Lidman, Melanie (2010-08-30). "2,000 year-old intact carving of Cupid found in Jerusalem". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2010-09-02.
^ Greenberg, Raphael (2014). A Privatized Heritage: How the Israel Antiquities Authority Relinquished Jerusalem's Past (PDF) (Report). Emek Shaveh. p. 41.

[Hawari_2022_75–97-1] Hawari, Mahmoud (2022). "Silwan: Biblical Archaeology, Cultural Appropriation, and Settler Colonialism". Jerusalem Quarterly. 90: 75–97.

[JP10-2] Lidman, Melanie (2010-08-30). "2,000 year-old intact carving of Cupid found in Jerusalem". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 2010-09-02.

[3] Greenberg, Raphael (2014). A Privatized Heritage: How the Israel Antiquities Authority Relinquished Jerusalem's Past (PDF) (Report). Emek Shaveh. p. 41.

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