Research Reveals Ancient Struggle over Holy Land Supremacy

[Skybird]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/...827144,00.html

Yet the most exciting indication of how history actually transpired has now been unearthed by Yitzhak Magen. Working behind security fences, the archaeologist has been digging on the windswept summit of Mount Gerizim.

His findings, which have only been partially published, are a virtual sensation: As early as 2,500 years ago, the mountain was already crowned with a huge, dazzling shrine, surrounded by a 96 by 98-meter (315 by 321-foot) enclosure. The wall had six-chamber gates with colossal wooden doors.
At the time, the Temple of Jerusalem was, at most, but a simple structure.
Magen has discovered 400,000 bone remains from sacrificial animals. Inscriptions identify the site as the "House of the Lord." A silver ring is adorned with the tetragrammaton YHWH, which stands for Yahweh.
All of this means that a vast, rival place of worship stood only 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Jerusalem.
It is an astonishing discovery. A religious war was raging among the Israelites, and the nation was divided. The Jews had powerful cousins who were competing with them for religious leadership in the Holy Land. The dispute revolved around a central question: Which location deserved the honor of being the hearth and burnt offering site of God Almighty?

[Osmium Steele]

Oh the drama!

Isn't it just as likely that, over time, Jerusalem grew in economic importance and the faithful moved there as well? The temple of Jupiter was in ruins and reconsecrated to the new faith in town.

Philadelphia, Pa used to be the national capitol of the US. No great upheaval was required to move it to the swamps outside Arlington, VA.

These things can just happen.

[Diopos]

So, there goes the "We were here first" argument?



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[MH]

Originally Posted by Diopos

So, there goes the "We were here first" argument?



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Ok..."We were here second then"
....and then came all the rest of you...

[August]

Originally Posted by MH

Ok..."We were here second then"
....and then came all the rest of you...

Actually the Israelites are at least the seventh to occupy the area:

When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations ***8212; the Hittites, Girgas hites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you ***8212; and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy. Do not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, for they will turn your children away from following me to serve other gods, and the LORD***8217;s anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you. [Deut 7:1-4]

[MH]

Yep the Torah and archaeological findings are clear on this.
The Zionist colonization() dates long way back.