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Discoveries. >> its part of my effort, to find more about my own, personal roots. >> walls rebuilt by the ottoman empire in the 16th century that, now, form what is called the old city. a u.n.-designated world heritage site. the old city is divided into four quarters. muslim, christian, jewish, and armenian. the temple mount, is where the bible says king solomon built the first temple around 1,000 b.c. it was subsequently destroyed 400 years later by babylonian invaders. also, located on the tem...

What im try to figure out, whats going on in this mans mind. how does it work that he says these things that are absolutely not, a, relative, and secondly, absolutely not the case. we have a great military. we have a very, very difficult situation, obviously the afghanistan war continues on 17 years on. but this recognized that nobody from alexander is great to 1,000 b.c. to this day has been successful in afghanistan. the russians werent, the british werent. so we need a different strategy ther...

A mountaintop in the center of the walled old city. it is a storied place, layered with spiritual meaning and now dominated by the golden dome and a muslim mosque. but just a short walk away outside the city walls a picture is emerging of the ancient and humble beginnings of jerusalem, which the bible says was founded by solomons father, david. >> the city of david was a rather small settlement, hardly can be termed as a city. most probably unfortified. but it was here somewhere. >> reporter: we...

>> reporter: we met doron ben ami, an israeli archaeologist who leads a team digging for evidence of the original city, which would have existed around 1,000 b.c. >> and its got an interesting name. i mean, at least colloquially were calling it the parking lot dig. >> yeah. its hard to believe. but five years ago cars used to park right above our heads here. and once we decided to go beneath the asphalt, immediately the early remains of jerusalem start to appear. >> how much do we know about sol...

>> the city of david was a rather small settlement, hardly can be termed as a city. most probably unfortified. but it was here somewhere. >> reporter: we met doron ben ami, an israeli archaeologist who leads a team digging for evidence of the original city, which would have existed around 1,000 b.c. >> and its got an interesting name. i mean, at least colloquially were calling it the parking lot dig. >> yeah. its hard to believe. but five years ago cars used to park right above our heads here. a...

The great temple once stood. a mountain top in the center of the walled old city. it is a story place layered with spiritual meaning and now dominated by the golden dome and a mosque. but just a short walk away outside the walls, a picture is emerging of the ancient and humble beginnings of jerusalem which the bible says was founded by david. >> the city of david was a small settlement, hardly to be termed as a city. most probably unfortified, but it is here somewhere. >> we met an beray and his...

Can be termed as a city. most probably unfortified. but it was here somewhere. >> reporter: we met doron ben ami, an israeli archaeologist who leads a team digging for evidence of the original city, which would have existed around 1,000 b.c. >> and its got an interesting name. i mean, at least colloquially were calling it the parking lot dig. >> yeah. its hard to believe. but five years ago cars used to park right above our heads here. and once we decided to go beneath the asphalt, immediately t...

Settlement, hardly to be termed as a city. most probably unfortified, but it is here somewhere. >> we met an israeli archaeologist who leads a team digging for evidence of the original city which would have been existed around 1,000 b.c. and its got an interesting name. at least were calling it the parking lot dig. >> yeah. its hard to believe, but five years ago cars used to park right above our heads here. and once we decided to go beneath the asphalt, immediately the remains of jerusalem bega...

>> and the story of the holy city begins around 1,000 b.c. in the land of canaan. >> in 1,000 b.c., the major kingdoms were the egyptian kingdom to the south and the hittites to the north. this land of canaan in between, that was just a battlefield that the big boys came to duke it out on. >> canaan is the land that the israelites believe that god gave to them as the land that they were to inherit. the problem is, is that there were already people in canaan, the canaanites. according to the bibl...