The Smithsonian: What is Beneath the Temple Mount?

TEMPLE MOUNT WATCH: The Smithsonian's Joshua Hammer asks What is Beneath the Temple Mount? A long and thorough article that covers the issues broadly and accurately. The focus is on the Temple Mount sifting project, although the Mughrabi (Mugrabi) Gate bridge receives attention as well. The conclusion:

Leading me outside the plastic-covered building, Barkay squints into the sunlight. We can see the Temple Mount in the distance, the sunlight glinting off the golden-topped Dome of the Rock. “We’ve been working for six years, and we’ve gone through 20 percent of the material,” he says, pointing to huge heaps of earth that fill an olive grove below the tent. “We have another 15 to 20 years to go.”

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