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Givati Parking Lot dig
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “archaeological excavation located in the city of david neighborhood”. Today it says “archaeological excavation located in silwan 's wadi hilweh neighbourhood”.
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Givati Parking Lot dig (also called Wadi Hilwa Square ) is an archaeological excavation located in Silwan in advance of building project commissioned by the El'ad Association . It is adjacent to the City of David archaeological site. The dig was conducted by Doron Ben-Ami and Yana Tchekhanovets of the Israel Antiquities Authority and underwritten by the City of David Foundation . While the IAA conducts the excavations, the project and site is managed by El'ad.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “archaeological excavation located in the city of david neighborhood”. Today it says “archaeological excavation located in silwan 's wadi hilweh neighbourhood”. Read the current article and compare.
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archaeological excavation located in the city of david neighborhood
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archaeological excavation located in silwan 's wadi hilweh neighbourhood
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