At Mideast Holy Site, What Is Treasure?
At Jerusalem holy site, one religion's trash is another's treasure trove
 
 
 (AP) Off an East Jerusalem side street, between an olive orchard and an abandoned hotel, sit a few piles of stones and dirt that are yielding important insights into Jerusalem's history.

They come from one of the world's most disputed holy places _ the square in the heart of Jerusalem that is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary.
 
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