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Written by Arutz Sheva (Israel)
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Monday, 22 October 2007 10:00 |
Finds on Temple Mount from First Temple
"The unauthorized dig of a trench this past summer by the Moslem Waqf on the Temple Mount, in the course of which it was assumed that precious findings were destroyed, apparently had a thin silver lining. Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) personnel monitoring the trench-digging have, for the first time, found traces of the First Temple.
The IAA studied an archaeological level dating to the First Temple Period, exposed in the area close to the south-eastern corner of the raised platform surrounding the Dome of the Rock...."
See also: Archaeological remains dated to the First Temple Period discovered on the Temple Mount – Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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