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Huge Roman-era cave found by Jericho

Nice goin, dude.


1 posted on 06/21/2009 3:03:27 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Y2J! Walls of Jericho!


2 posted on 06/21/2009 3:09:40 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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To: EveningStar

Wow, that’s a manly man. Just the kind I like :-)


3 posted on 06/21/2009 3:15:31 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul
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To: EveningStar
Roughly an acre underground.
Definitely impressive.
4 posted on 06/21/2009 3:27:02 PM PDT by Publius6961 (Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
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To: EveningStar

Did he find hypocrites and parasites in the cave?


6 posted on 06/21/2009 3:38:05 PM PDT by omega4179 (America is a Christian Nation.)
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To: SunkenCiv

ggg ping


7 posted on 06/21/2009 3:54:31 PM PDT by Fractal Trader
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To: EveningStar

Maybe it’s the lighting but the rock looks to be of quartz.


8 posted on 06/21/2009 3:59:49 PM PDT by decimon
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To: EveningStar

It might be connected to the Second Jewish Revolt and constructed/used as a hideout for Jewish guerrillas fighting the legions of Titus and Vespasian. The fact that their is a legionary symbol their might suggest it was cleared out and one of the roman soldiers celebrated by carving his beloved legion’s name in the wall....


9 posted on 06/21/2009 4:07:14 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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16 posted on 06/21/2009 7:11:33 PM PDT by SJackson (G-d da*n America, Jeremiah Wright---Don't tell me words don't matter!, Barack Hussein Obama)
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To: JoeProBono

additional — pic, and video I think:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8113670.stm

Thanks JoeProBono!


27 posted on 06/22/2009 1:32:47 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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