Report: Herod's Temple quarry found
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Israeli archaeologists said they have discovered a quarry that provided King Herod with the stones he used to renovate the biblical Second Temple compound &#151; offering rare insight into construction of the holiest site in Judaism.
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A British archaeologist claimed to have found a large cave just west of Jerusalem which might have been occupied by Saint John the Baptist, the biblical figure who baptised Jesus Christ.
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Archaeologists in central Greece have discovered thousands of miniature clay pots and statuettes in the ruins of an ancient sanctuary possibly dedicated to the Three Graces, officials said on Wednesday.
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_ The James ossuary, a burial box bearing the inscription &quot;James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus.&quot;. _ The Yoash inscription, a tablet from about the 9th century BC, inscribed with 15 lines of ancient Hebrew
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Archaeologists working near Stonehenge in England have discovered what appears to be an ancient religious complex containing a treasure trove of artifacts that might finally illuminate the lives and religious ...Comment
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A tiny ivory pomegranate once believed to be the only relic of King Solomon's biblical era Jewish Temple turns out not to be an artifact from the holy shrine, the Israel Museum said on Friday.
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Underneath the homes and ragged streets of the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan lie the remnants of a glorious Jewish past: coins, seals, a water tunnel hewn by a Judean king 2,700 years ago, a road that led to a biblical Temple.
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Archaeologists unearthing the remains of George Washington's presidential home have discovered a hidden passageway used by his nine slaves, raising questions about whether the ruins should be incorporated into a new exhibit at the site.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 10 -- From the roof of his home just inside the Old City walls, Palestinian landlord Nasser Karain has a view of the valleys and plateaus where scriptures say Solomon built the first Temple, Jesus was betrayed and Muhammad rose to heaven.
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Israeli archaeologists charged on Thursday that digging overseen by Islamic religious leaders at a hotly disputed Jerusalem holy site damaged a wall that might date back to the Bible.
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NASA&#39;s older Martian robotic rover, Spirit, has found evidence that underground water changed a major rock formation called the Columbia Hills, scientists said Thursday.
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Created by President Clinton on Sept. 18, 1996, the monument includes 1.9 million acres.  Coal, petroleum and other minerals there have an estimated value of between $223 billion and $330 billion.  881,327 acres -- nearly half the monument -- are in wilderness study areas.
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Italian police have recovered an ancient Greek temple dug up in southern Italy by a construction crew who had dumped or looted the prized artifacts and begun to pour cement over the ruins, authorities said Tuesday.
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By Larry Parsons, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep. 23--A state appeals court has overturned Monterey County's environmental clearance for a large quarry in the Gabilan foothills above the Salinas Valley.
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An American researcher on the trail of  the lost city of Atlantis has discovered evidence of man-made  structures submerged in the sea between Cyprus and Syria, a  member of his team said Saturday.
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By MATTI FRIEDMAN MASADA, Israel - An Israeli anthropologist is using modern forensics and an obscure biblical passage to challenge accepted wisdom about mysterious human remains found at Masada, the desert fortress famous as the scene of a mass suicide nearly 2,000 years ago.
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LOS ANGELES -- One of NASA&#39;s Mars rovers has found a rock that could provide new evidence that water once existed on the red planet.