Footnote 2 – A Thousand Years of History in Jerusalem’s Jewish Quarter
The archaeological work was entrusted to the Institute of Archaeology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the Department of Antiquities and Museums (now the Israel Antiquities Authority) of the Ministry of Education and Culture and the Israel Exploration Society. Benjamin Mazar was in charge of the Temple Mount excavations, Nahman Avigad worked in the Jewish Quarter and Yigal Shiloh headed the City of David excavations.