The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa (July 2006)The Israel Antiquities Authority now has a live web camera on its website which broadcasts views of the excavation site from different angles. The webcam is actually not terribly enlightening for viewers not familiar with the area, but it is useful as a symbolic demonstration of openness and transparency. Unfortunately, the site seems to designed only for Internet Explorer. There are also two articles by senior archaeologists from the Antiquities Authority. One article, by Dr. Gideon Avni, seeks to explain why the excavations are being carried out now. He argues quite convincingly that the excavations are part of a salvage operation aimed at locating, documenting and preserving any artifacts at the site where the planned bridge is supposed to be constructed. Another source worth looking at is a Question and Answer session hosted by the Jerusalem Post with Dr. Eilat Mazar, an archaeologist at the Hebrew University.
3 comments:
Designed "only for Internet Explorer"? More evidence of conspiracy! More proof of collusion between Zionists, Microsoft, and Intel!
Isn't this grounds for a boycot of Wintel computers?
Sincerely,
Steve Jobs
I can see it with Maxthon
I think it's only designed for PCs - it doesn't matter which program I use on my Mac, the webcam still doesn't work.
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