[SunkenCiv]

According to the article, this dig is a last ditch (sorry) effort to salvage the information and some artifacts before the Muzzies strip the site.

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[CholeraJoe]

They could keep the muzzies from stripping the place by spreading the rumor that the prophet got laid there way back when.

[mtbopfuyn]

Have they not hear of the 8th Commandment?

Oh, never mind.

[Eva]

I think that this is the archaeologist that Michael Medved talks about. He’s a cousin or some kind of relative and he’s going to share some of his findings with Medved’s group that he leads to Israel this summer. Medved takes a group to Israel every year, I think.

[ken21]

real nice folks, those muzzies!

/s

[Fred Nerks]

http://jewishmag.com/98mag/yavnehyam/yavnehyam.htm

“After Yavneh Yam was conquered by the Muslims, a fort was built on the coast, of which the tower has been excavated to a height of 5 meters. It was called Fort Rubin, as the Moslims also have the tradition of the burial place of Reuven, and it may have served as a prison. One column is inscribed by Arabic graffiti of the 7th century, on which the term shahada (martyrdom) appears...”