Ancient Mesopotamia, Near East and Greater Iran: City of David finds!

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City of David finds!

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Topic: City of David finds!

Posted By: opuslola
Subject: City of David finds!
Date Posted: 13-Dec-2010 at 07:42

While this is old news, it is particularly interesting when one wants to consider just where the Temple was located during this period.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/04/israel.wall.discovered/index.html

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Posted By: Athena
Date Posted: 13-Dec-2010 at 11:06

I don't know if the structure would have anything to do the Jewish temple, because "The wall is believed to have been built by the Canaanites". The author makes a big deal about the size of the stones cut and used for the wall. But aren't there plenty of megalithic sites?

The time-Life book "The Monument Builders" says [Quote} The Druids, according to Stukeley, were a sect of Phoenician priests who came to Britain during the time of Abraham. Their homeland, he alleged, was Canoan, the same as Abraham's; and their religion venerated the same God as the Christians". [/Quote]

Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 13-Dec-2010 at 11:07

Ron this predates not only the temple, but the concept of monotheism in general. The conventional wisdom has this as being built by the Caananites.

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Posted By: red clay
Date Posted: 13-Dec-2010 at 11:23

Originally posted by Athena

I don't know if the structure would have anything to do the Jewish temple, because "The wall is believed to have been built by the Canaanites". The author makes a big deal about the size of the stones cut and used for the wall. But aren't there plenty of megalithic sites?

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I got a kick out of that. He does make a big deal out of it doesn't he. 5 ton blocks are what the pyramids are mainly constructed of. I could understand his enthusiasim if he was talking about something like Baalbeck. There are stone blocks in that temple that go as much as 800 tons. [Would love to see what the moment is on a block that large, anyone here a math wiz?]

Ummm, Phoenician priests in Britain? Whatever, their religion, or rather their religion at the time of this construction was before monotheism. And was not an Abrahamic sect.

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