Excavation Finds

[HagiaSophia]

"-- Israel unveiled an underground archaeological site near a disputed Jerusalem holy shrine on Tuesday, nearly a decade after the opening of an exhibit in the same area sparked widespread Palestinian rioting.

The latest discovery included a ritual bath from the period of the second Jewish Temple, destroyed in 70 A.D., and a wall that archaeologists said dates to the first Jewish Temple, destroyed in 586 B.C. The findings strengthen Jewish ties to the shrine also claimed by Muslims. The new tourist center snakes underground, adjacent to the path of the Western Wall, the last remaining retaining wall of the Jewish Temple.

Israel has been conducting archaeological digs near the Western Wall since it captured east Jerusalem and its Old City in the 1967 Mideast war. The digs infuriate Palestinians and the Islamic Trust that oversees the mosque complex that now sits on the mountain that once held the biblical temples. …"

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[SaintJVMan]

**Interesting, it would be fascinating if excavations were ever done on the temple mount. **

 

[Fidelis]

HagiaSophia:

Israel has been conducting archaeological digs near the Western Wall since it captured east Jerusalem and its Old City in the 1967 Mideast war. The digs infuriate Palestinians and the Islamic Trust that oversees the mosque complex that now sits on the mountain that once held the biblical temples. …"

Surely not all Palestinians would be infuriated about excavating around a mosque, unless this is a national soverignty rather than a religious issue. Many Palestinians are Christians and, from a religious standpoint, aren’t as touchy about this kind of thing as Palestinian Muslims would be.