Digging for Jerusalem
Andrew Lawler, “Under Jerusalem: The buried history of the world’s most contested city”
For the last 150 years or so, historical sites in Jerusalem have been excavated by French senators, British soldiers, Seventh Day Adventists, mullahs, rabbis, cafe owners, householders, and even by archaeologists.
The continued inability to locate the lost ark of the covenant, the city of David, or Solomon's temple has never stopped anyone trying.
In the focal point of of three world religions, every excavation sets off a storm of religion and politics, where the property owners on the surface may fall victim to subterranean forces.
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