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Ancient Jerusalem

A sprawling city today, Jerusalem was nothing but a fortified ridge in the desert when David seized it 3,000 years ago. New excavations are revealing its successive stages of development

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 213 Issue 1This article was originally published with the title “Ancient Jerusalem” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 213 No. 1 (), p. 84
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0765-84