[El Scorcho]

Israeli says elusive Bibical wall Found

By REGAN E. DOHERTY, Associated Press Writer
2 hours, 42 minutes ago

JERUSALEM - A biblical wall that has eluded archaeologists for years has finally been found, according to an Israeli scholar. A team of archaeologists in Jerusalem has uncovered what they believe to be part of a wall mentioned in the Bible's Book of Nehemiah.

The discovery, made in Jerusalem's ancient City of David, came as a result of a rescue attempt on a tower which was in danger of collapse, said Eilat Mazar, head of the Institute of Archaeology at the Shalem Center, a Jerusalem-based research and educational institute, and leader of the dig.

Artifacts including pottery shards and arrowheads found under the tower suggested that both the tower and the nearby wall are from the 5th century B.C., the time of Nehemiah, according to Mazar. Scholars previously thought the wall dated to the Hasmonean period (142-37 B.C.).

The findings suggest that the wall is actually part of the same city wall the Bible says Nehemiah rebuilt, Mazar said. The Book of Nehemiah (chapters 3-6) gives a detailed description of construction of the walls, destroyed earlier by the Babylonians.

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[Ed Dantes]

That's a lie. It has to be. I mean, that would show that Jews occupied Israel hundreds -- if not thousands -- of years before Muslims did! Those Jews stole the Muslim Holy Land years before there were Muslims! What sneaky jerks!