Subtitle: First Temple dig reinforces status of Jerusalem as the true Jewish capital.
Another brick in the wall: the site of the First Temple excavations
An etching of King Solomon by 19th-century engraver Gustave Doré
Another brick in the wall: the site of the First Temple excavations
An etching of King Solomon by 19th-century engraver Gustave Doré
The “Palestinians” [(c) 1964] are already claiming it is a temple from Atlantis, or proof of space alien landings in the past. No Jews here.
More archeology from Solomon’s time in Jerusalem.
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Very cool. I hope they have really good security (and I’m sure they do.)
Have the Muslims ever tried to explain why the other ‘people of the book’ as they are referred to in the Koran have hundreds of references to Jerusalime in that book (Torah) but the Muslim Koran doesn’t have one reference to Jerusalem?
Who’s on the Rock, first?
Howzit that an article repeatedly cites “The Bible”, uses BCE and CE vs. BC and AD?
This thread is useful with pictures. ;-)
Thank you for the pix, Civ.
I absolutely, positively need to tour the Holy Land.
The City of David is an incredible site. The Israelis did a wonderful job opening it up to tourism in the heart of Shiloa/Silwan.
I look forward to visiting the First Temple dig.
As far as Pali/Muslim claims, there is no reasoning with crazed, irrational conspiracy theorists who believe the Mossad is employing sharks to attack them and causing their sexual organs to disappear.
http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Muslim_Conspiracy_Theories
There is a reason Muslim countries are so poor and intellectually bereft.
Palestinians, to deny Solomon’s Temple, must be ignorant of their own sacred texts.
http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/28575/allah-is-a-zionist/
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/koran/koran-idx?type=DIV0&byte=429259
Who gives a fig to refute these ignorant troglodytes’ bald assertions.
But I want to see what the First Temple era looked like.
