Relic from Ottoman sultan returned to Jaffa, after extensive renovations
Israeli archeologists restore seal of Sultan Hamid Abdul II, builder of the Jaffa Clock Tower.
The marble plaque bearing the sultan’s seal prior to conservation; the seal itself cannot be discerned(photo credit: FAINA MILSTEIN/ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY)ByDANIEL K. EISENBUDUpdated: