Jerusalem Holy Site Dig Questioned
August 31, 2007 By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer
An Israeli police officer walks along a trench inside the in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007. Israeli archaeologists on Wednesday criticized the extension of an underground cable at Jerusalem's holiest site for Muslims and Jews, saying digging the trench defies professional standards for such a sensitive historic site and could damage Bible-era relics. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
(AP) -- 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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