Tuesday, March 3, 2009

New evidence for historical Jewish Temple

Talk about your disputed real estate! I don't think that any piece of property has been fought over more than the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Recent discoveries add hard evidence to the historical presence of the Jewish temple. Archeologists have uncovered official seals with the names of high ranking officials in Hezekiah's government as well as Hebrew inscriptions.

Another source reporting this information:


This article gives some background and interesting commentary:



Reading these articles reminds me once again that history is largely shaped by politics, religion and geography.


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