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Palestinian Road Construction in West Bank Damages Important Archaeological Site
(Ha'aretz) Nir Hasson - In recent weeks, Palestinian road construction has caused damage to an important archaeological site on Mount Ebal, near Nablus (biblical Shechem). Israeli excavations there in the 1980s revealed a large stone structure that has been dated to the 13th and 12th centuries BCE. Archaeologist Adam Zertal identified the structure as the altar that, according to the Bible, Joshua built at the beginning of the period of Israelite settlement there. Drone footage shows bulldozers destroying portions of the perimeter wall, while photos show stones from the site being ground into gravel.