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Mail Call: Archeology or Faith?(Letter to the Editor)
The subject of our Aug. 30 report on the looting of archeological sites in the Middle East rattled many readers. "What would surviving physical evidence be? Sandals used by Jesus? A table made by him?" jeered one. Said another, "Impact on believers matters, not archeological evidence."
The Quest for Sacred Artifacts
I read with interest your Aug. 30 story "The Race to Unearth the Bible." Much of it dealt with archeological finds that have proved to be unverifiable. I was surprised there was no mention of one of the most verifiable archeological sites in the Middle East--Jerusalem's Temple Mount, a centerpiece of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Built in ...
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