Photos: Unsupervised Islamic Digging on Temple MountThe article includes lots of photos. The story is also covered in Haaretz here
by Ezra HaLevi
(IsraelNN.com) The Islamic Wakf is digging large ditches on the Temple Mount without archaeological supervision to protect antiquities at Judaism’s holiest site.
Photos of the construction were publicized earlier this week. Investigation revealed that the dig had been approved by the police, though not coordinated with any archeological authorities. The ditch is being dug in the direction of the Dome of the Rock, the site of the Holy Temple, according to most opinions.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: Yet another Waqf excavation project has started: