People will probably be already familiar with the controversy associated with
excavations on the above site.
I am sending, however, the link to an article on BBC news as an example of how
politics and archaeology are inevitably inter-related
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6347077.stm
Cheers,
Umberto
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Umberto Albarella
Department of Archaeology
University of Sheffield
Northgate House
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United Kingdom
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http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html
For Archaeologists for Global Justice (AGJ) see:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/global-justice.html
"There is no way to peace. Peace IS the way".
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