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Elad's Involvement in Archaeological Sites and Projects in East Jerusalem
Emek Shaveh, Emek ShavehMay 16, 2013 Right-wing group takes IDF soldiers on tour of East Jerusalem
Amos Harel, HaaretzMay 8, 2013 Jerusalem’s “What Me Worry“ Archaeology
Raphael Greenberg, The Bible and InterpretationMay 4, 2013 Exhibition on loan: How Israel's cultural institutions contribute to occupation
Yonathan Mizrachi, 972 MagazineApril 25, 2013 Jordanian-Palestinian lobbying at UNESCO ‘pushes Israel to accept Jerusalem expert mission’
Hani Hazaimeh, The Jordan TimesApril 24, 2013 Israel to allow UNESCO inspections in Jerusalem after Palestinians agree to pull damning resolutions
Barak Ravid, HaaretzApril 19, 2013 Archaeology in the service of the right
Haaretz Editorial , HaaretzApril 15, 2013 Israel heritage plan exposes discord over West Bank history
Raffi Berg, BBC News
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Jerusalem began as a small village in a place known as the City of David where the Palestinian village of Silwan sits today. Buried under the village lands, 5000 years of history bind the stories of ancient nations and rulers with the present life of the local residents. Dozens of excavated archaeological strata tell the complex multi-cultural saga of Jerusalem.
Frequent Q&A about Jerusalem's Old City
Q: How old is the Old City?A: The walled city as we know it was established by the Romans as ‘Aelia Capitolina’ in the second century CE, after they had destroyed the great capital city of Judea. Since its foundation, this city was destroyed and reconstructed several times, but maintained, more or less, its external outline. The visible city, then, is comprised mainly of buildings constructed in the period of Ottoman (16th-20th centuries) and Mamluk (13th to 16th centuries) rule, but it incorporates buildings of the Crusader, Early Islamic and, in its foundations, of the Byzantine and even Roman periods.
"Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past." (George Orwell, 1984)
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"Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present, controls the past." (George Orwell, 1984)
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Clay icon from the Execration Texts in Egypt, 20th-19th Century BCE. The city of Rosh-ramen or Roshlamem associated with the earliest mention of Jerusalem appears on the icon’s torso © Royal Museums of Art and History – Brussels |
