Artifacts with links to Bible unearthed

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Some interesting archeological news from the Temple Mount:
Artifacts with links to Bible unearthed
By Jay Bushinsky
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
January 2, 2006
JERUSALEM – Israeli archaeologists, screening tons of rubble scooped out of this ancient city’s sacred Temple Mount, have discovered hundreds of artifacts and coins, as well as jewelry, some with biblical links dating back more than three millennia.
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Most of the stones and earth originally were taken to an organic garbage dump in nearby Bethany, the New Testament town known in Arabic as Al-Azariya, and could not be retrieved. But a substantial portion was diverted to the Valley of Kidron, mentioned in the Old Testament and located just outside the Old City’s massive walls.
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