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Queen's Digs Found in Holy Land

Posted Dec 7, 07 7:05 AM CST in World,  Science & Health    Most Covered

(Newser) – Queen Helene of Adiabene, ruler of parts of Iraq, apparently had a pied-a-terre in the seedy part of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago, according to an archaeological team that has unearthed the mansion. Now it’s prime real estate in the Arab quarter, forming the foundation of a parking lot until recently.

The mansion is the only major ancient structure in what was otherwise an exclusively poor neighborhood, reports AP. Historical records show the philanthropic queen gave both to the neighborhood poor and to the Second Temple before it was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D. The luxury digs are located in the eastern part of Jerusalem, which was occupied by Palestinians until the 1967 war.

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A photo provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority, of the 2.000-year-old remains of a building, just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007. Israeli archaeologists digging...   (Associated Press)
A photo provided by the Israel Antiquities Authority showing Israeli archeologists at work on the 2.000-year-old remains of a building just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City Wednesday, Dec. 5,...   (Associated Press)
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