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10-24-2007 9:56 AM677 views
I think the time has come to open up these areas to tastefull, scholastic investigation, so that we can organize and preserve the relics that may be contained here in.

Religion need not be at odds with the accumulation of humanistic knowledge, in fact religious significance is often a great complement to the field of archeology, as is archeology to important aspects of ancient religious history.
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10-25-2007 7:05 PM
brazilnut72
Well put.
11-7-2007 12:24 PM
righthand
There is NO independent scholarly data to say that it was ever part of the Temple. No matter how often a lie is repeated it will remain a lie. Now Wikipedia is NOT a source. It may seem unfair that I ask you to prove what you believe is true. Well, I cannot prove a negative. If it was part of the Temple then you should find INDEPENDENT evidence.

Recently Harod burial site was reportedly found, and not where it should have been if it still existed, which is very doubtful. The find coincided with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 'unity' of Jerusalem. Extraordinary. Unbelievable coincidence. And no independent confirmation a...
11-7-2007 12:26 PM
righthand
Under the Jordanian rule of Eastern Jerusalem between 1948 and 1967, Jews and other non-Arab people were forbidden from entering the Old City. After the Israeli forces gained control of the Old City in the 1967 Six Day War, Jewish and non-Arab visits to the site resumed.
Both Israel and the Palestinian Authority claim sovereignty over the site, which remains a key issue in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

The Israeli government has granted management of the site to a Muslim Council (Waqf).
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