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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 4Aerial Video Shows 2,000-Year-Old Solomon's Pools at Center of Sovereignty Dispute
3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Aug 4Summary
- Aerial footage highlights Solomon's Pools, a sprawling reservoir complex built about 2,000 years ago that once supplied Jerusalem with water.
- The site is now contested not just as an archaeological landmark but over who controls its preservation, heritage status and sovereignty.
- The video underscores how ancient infrastructure in the Jerusalem area remains tied to present-day political and cultural claims.
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Are ancient ruins being weaponized to quietly redraw the borders of the West Bank? Who truly owns history when preservation policies are enforced with tear gas and military raids?