JERUSALEM -- Down the slope from the Old City's Dung Gate, rows of thick stone walls, shards of pottery and other remains of an expansive ancient building are being exhumed from a dusty pit. For two centuries, historians in Germany, the United States and Israel have debated the value of the... -
A Dig Into Jerusalem's Past Fuels Present-Day Debates
JERUSALEM -- Down the slope from the Old City's Dung Gate, rows of thick stone walls, shards of pottery and other remains of an expansive ancient building are being exhumed from a dusty pit. For two centuries, historians in Germany, the United States and Israel have debated the value of the...-
By Scott Wilson