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Discoveries. >> it's 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 temple mount, the move and sque and th of the rock. nearby is the western wall where jews pray. it is ...

What i'm try to figure out, what's going on in this man's 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 weren't, the british weren't. so we need a different strategy there. but where is the president's mind? what's going on in that? >> i'm hoping that's a rhetorica...

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 solomon's 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 met doron ben ami, an israeli archaeologist who leads a team digging for evidence of the original ...

>> 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 it's got an interesting name. i mean, at least colloquially we're calling it the parking lot dig. >> yeah. it's 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 solomon's temple, the first temple? >> actually, we know nothing. if not the biblical account, we ha...

>> 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 it's got an interesting name. i mean, at least colloquially we're calling it the parking lot dig. >> yeah. it's 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...