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Ancient Jerusalem

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About Ancient Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and is considered holy to the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Both Israel and Palestine claim Jerusalem as their capital city; Israel maintains its primary governmental institutions there, while Palestine ultimately foresees it as its seat of power. Neither claim is widely recognised internationally.

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They've just found in the ruins of Ancient Jerusalem a particular podium, and there are a couple of theories about its use. One is that it was a sort of speaker's corner, and the other is that it was a lost property office, because there are a couple of ancient Jewish texts which mention a stone of claims, and that's where you would go if you'd lost something.

from 82: No Such Thing As A Sentient Iceberg, 2015-10-09 at 00:11:26 ยท read transcript

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  1. See if anyone had found anything that was like that. That was how you were reunited with your lost stuff in Ancient Jerusalem. I just think that's the best idea ever. That's amazing. You kind of need everyone in the country to be stood around the guy at the time. It's not really going to work in London, is it? That's the floor. It was, never been tried in London.

    82: No Such Thing As A Sentient Iceberg, 2015-10-09 ยท listen

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