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Narrator: DID THE HIGH PRIESTS
IN THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM
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HIDE THEIR MOST SACRED ITEMS
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BEFORE THE CITY
WAS SACKED BY THE ROMANS?
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IS ONE OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
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ACTUALLY A TREASURE MAP
DETAILING THESE HIDDEN WONDERS?
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AND ARE THERE
MORE GREAT DISCOVERIES
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TO BE MADE
UNDER THIS ANCIENT CITY?
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Gough: WE DON'T KNOW MUCH
ABOUT SOLOMON HIMSELF,
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BUT WE KNOW
A LOT MORE ABOUT THE TREASURE.
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Man: THE MAIN THING IN
THE FIRST TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM...
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THIS IS THE ONE GOING RIGHT BACK
TO KING SOLOMON'S TIME...
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WAS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT.
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Gibson:
IF YOU KNOW THAT THE BABYLONIANS
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ARE HAMMERING AT THE GATES OF
THE CITY, THEY WANT TO COME IN,
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AND THEY WANT TO PILLAGE
AND RAPE AND DESTROY,
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THAT YOU'RE GONNA
HIDE IT AWAY SOMEWHERE.
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Fanthorpe: I THINK
THERE COULD WELL BE TWO, THREE,
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FOUR MORE STASHES OF TREASURE
DOWN THERE IN THOSE CAVES
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UNDER THE DOME OF THE ROCK.
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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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Narrator: THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON
WAS ONE OF THE GREAT STRUCTURES
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OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.
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IT'S THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN
BUILT AROUND 800 B.C.,
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IN THE REIGN OF KING SOLOMON...
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A TIME OF GREAT WEALTH,
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PROSPERITY, AND POWER
FOR THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
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IT'S SAID THAT THE TEMPLE
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CONTAINED SOME OF THE GREATEST
TREASURES EVER KNOWN,
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INCLUDING THE GIANT CANDELABRA
KNOWN AS THE MENORAH,
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THE TABLE OF SHEWBREAD, AND
EVEN THE ARK OF THE COVENANT.
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Picknett: THE ARK OF THE
COVENANT WAS WELL WORTH HAVING,
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ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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BECAUSE IT
HAD THIS MYSTERIOUS POWER.
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IT WAS ACTUALLY A WEAPON
OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
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IT ACTUALLY COULD KNOCK
WHOLE ARMIES,
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ACCORDING TO THE OLD TESTAMENT.
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SO IT HAD THIS LEGENDARY POWER.
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SO IT WAS WORTH HAVING.
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YOU KNOW, IT WAS WORTH HAVING
FOR KING SOLOMON
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AND ANYBODY ELSE
WHO COULD LAY THEIR HANDS ON IT.
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IT WAS...
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOUGHT AFTER.
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TREASURE OF SOLOMON
WAS THE TREASURE OF A KING
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WHO EMBODIED THE MOST
INCREDIBLE RELICS IN HISTORY.
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YOU'RE TALKING THE ARK
OF COVENANT, THE MENORAH,
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OTHER RELICS FROM ANTIQUITY,
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AND CHALICES
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THAT MAY HAVE VERY WELL ENDED UP
AS HAVING BEEN THE HOLY GRAIL.
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Narrator: THESE WERE JUST
SOME OF THE FAMOUS PIECES.
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THERE WERE ALSO THOUSANDS
OF SMALLER SACRED OBJECTS,
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JEWELS, AND CASE UPON CASE
OF GOLD COINS.
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SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?
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WE KNOW THAT THE CITY
WAS ATTACKED
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AND LOOTED SEVERAL TIMES...
MOST BRUTALLY IN 70 A.D.,
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WHEN THE ROMAN GENERAL TITUS
PRETTY MUCH LEVELED JERUSALEM
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TO THE GROUND.
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BUT WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE TREASURES?
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IN THIS EPISODE,
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JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
INVESTIGATES ONE
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OF THE GREATEST BIBLICAL
MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME.
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Fanthorpe:
IF WE COULD IMAGINE THE SCENE
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AND TRY TO IMAGINE THE FEELINGS
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IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS
OF THE PRIESTS.
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THE ROMANS ARE AT THE DOOR,
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AND THEY ARE IN A PARTICULARLY
BLOODY-MINDED MOOD,
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HAVING HAD ALL THE PROBLEMS
THEY'VE HAD IN THIS PROVINCE.
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SO, WHAT ARE THE PRIESTS
GOING TO DO?
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I CAN ALMOST PICTURE THEM
AS WE TALK ABOUT THEM.
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AND NORMALLY FIGURES
OF GREAT DIGNITY AND SOLEMNITY,
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THEY ARE NOW PICKING UP
THE ORNAMENTS FROM THE TEMPLE,
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THE TREASURES THAT THEY WOULD
NORMALLY BOW TO AND VENERATE.
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THESE ARE NOW BEING SCOOPED UP
LIKE A SCRAP-METAL MERCHANT
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GATHERS HIS MERCHANDISE,
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AND THEY ARE PUTTING THEM IN...
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IN POCKETS, IN HOLDERS
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROBES
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AND GOING DOWN
INTO THAT LABYRINTH.
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AND WE HAVE TO THINK OF JUST
HOW INTRICATE THE LABYRINTH IS.
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IT IS A HONEYCOMB
OF SECRET HIDING PLACES.
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AND THESE, SHOULD WE SAY
NOT THE MOST ATHLETIC OF MEN,
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BECAUSE YOU'RE NORMALLY
OF MATURE YEARS
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BEFORE YOU
BECOME THE HIGH PRIEST,
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AND THERE THEY ARE, FERRETING
THEIR WAY THROUGH THESE TUNNELS,
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LOOKING FOR PLACES IN WHICH
THE WEALTH CAN BE STORED
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SO THAT, ABOVE ALL,
THE ROMANS WON'T FIND IT.
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Narrator: HISTORIANS BELIEVED
THAT THE TREASURES
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WERE TAKEN BACK TO ROME.
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THAT WAS UNTIL THE 1950s,
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WHEN A NEW DISCOVERY
CHANGED EVERYTHING.
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WHEN THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
WERE DISCOVERED IN THE HILLS
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OF QUMRAN, JUST A SHORT JOURNEY
FROM JERUSALEM,
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THEY REVEALED A LOT
ABOUT THE DAILY LIFE
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IN THE TEMPLE AT THE TIME.
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ONE SCROLL IN PARTICULAR
CAUGHT THE ACADEMICS' EYE.
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IT WAS A LIST OF SECRET TREASURE
DEPOSITS ACROSS THE CITY
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WHERE THE HIGH PRIESTS HAD
HIDDEN THEIR MOST PRECIOUS ITEMS
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IN ANTICIPATION
OF THE ROMAN INVASION.
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AND THIS THREW
AN ENTIRELY NEW LIGHT
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ON WHAT MIGHT STILL BE HIDDEN
UNDER JERUSALEM.
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Gibson: IT WOULD SORT OF SAY,
"IN SUCH AND SUCH A VALLEY,
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NEXT TO A BUILDING,
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THERE IS CISTERN.
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AND IF YOU WALK A COUPLE
OF PACES IN THAT DIRECTION,
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AT THAT SPOT,
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THERE ARE 12 TALENTS OF SILVER,"
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
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AND, YOU KNOW,
IT'S TOO VAGUE.
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YOU CAN'T REALLY, SORT OF,
FIND THIS TREASURE.
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SO IT MEANS, IN MY OPINION
ANYWAY,
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THAT IT MEANS THAT THE PEOPLE
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WHO WROTE IT KNEW EXACTLY
WHERE THESE THINGS
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WERE LOCATED.
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Theakston: SO FRUSTRATING
AS A TREASURE MAP,
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BUT STILL EVIDENCE
THAT THE TREASURE WAS BURIED.
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WELL, IN ANTIQUITY,
IF YOUR CITY WAS UNDER SIEGE,
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THEN THE FIRST THING YOU THINK
ABOUT IS TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILY
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AND TO HIDE AWAY YOUR WEALTH.
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ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE SECOND
TEMPLE OF SOLOMON TODAY
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IS THE OUTER WALL.
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IT'S KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD
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AS THE MOST SACRED PRAYER SITE
FOR JEWS... THE WAILING WALL.
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SO, IS THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
AND OTHER TREASURES
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BURIED SOMEWHERE
BENEATH OR BEHIND THESE STONES?
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AN INCREASING NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THINK THAT'S A REAL POSSIBILITY.
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SOLOMON WAS FABULOUSLY WEALTHY
BY THE STANDARDS OF HIS TIME.
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AND WE ALL KNOW THE VARIOUS
TALES OF SOLOMON'S MINES
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THAT BROUGHT BACK SO MUCH GOLD.
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SOLOMON WAS ALSO SUPPOSED
TO HAVE HAD ACCESS TO JEWELS,
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TO DIAMONDS, AND TO ALL SORTS
OF OTHER PRECIOUS STONES.
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NOW, IF THOSE STONES
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WERE PUT CAREFULLY AWAY
IN THIS SECRET HIDING PLACE
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UNDER THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM,
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UNDER SOLOMON'S PALACE
AT JERUSALEM,
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THERE COULD VERY WELL BE TWO,
THREE,
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FOUR MORE STASHES OF TREASURE
DOWN THERE IN THOSE CAVES
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UNDER THE DOME OF THE ROCK.
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Howells: THERE'S A FEW IDEAS
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ABOUT WHAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED
TO THESE TREASURES,
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BECAUSE FOR ONE THING,
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THEY'D HAVE KNOWN
THEY WERE GOING TO BE INVADED.
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THEY'D HAVE KNOWN THAT THESE...
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THEY'D HAVE AN ARMY
ON THEIR BORDERS
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HEADING TOWARDS THEM.
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SO THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT
THEY WOULD HAVE MADE DUPLICATES
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OR MADE COPIES AND THEN
HIDDEN THE REAL TREASURE
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SO THAT THESE ITEMS
WOULD HAVE STAYED,
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AND CERTAINLY
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
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SEEMS TO LINGER
FOR QUITE A WHILE IN JERUSALEM
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BEFORE IT DISAPPEARS
FROM THE BIBLE.
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Gough: WHEN THE ANCIENTS
WROTE THEIR TREASURE MAPS,
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THEY WERE REALLY QUITE EXPLICIT.
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THEY WOULD SAY,
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"IN THE SECOND DOOR,
BENEATH THE THIRD STEP,
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WE HAVE PUT THIS MUCH
IN SILVER."
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SO IT WASN'T MEANT
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TO BE AN EXCEPTIONALLY DIFFICULT
TREASURE OR SPOT TO FIND IT.
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THEY WANTED SOMEONE TO FIND IT,
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BUT ONLY SOMEBODY
WHO KNEW ABOUT IT.
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SO WHAT WE FIND TODAY
IS THAT PEOPLE
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ARE JUST STUMBLING ACROSS
THIS STUFF IN THEIR DAILY LIVES,
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IN THEIR GARDEN,
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IN THE EXTRA WING
THEY'RE ADDING TO THEIR HOUSE.
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THEY'RE FINDING RELICS THAT HAVE
BEEN THERE FOR 2,000 YEARS.
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Narrator: THE POSSIBILITY THAT
SOME OF THE GREATEST TREASURES
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OF ANTIQUITY ARE STILL BURIED
UNDER THE OLD CITY
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HAS ATTRACTED ARCHAEOLOGISTS
AND ADVENTURERS FOR CENTURIES.
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ONE OF THEM, SHIMON GIBSON,
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HAS SPENT DECADES
EXPLORING THE HIDDEN TUNNELS,
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NOOKS, AND CRANNIES OF JERUSALEM
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IN THE PURSUIT
OF ITS ULTIMATE PRIZE.
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WELL, YOU HAVE TWO TREASURES,
REALLY.
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YOU HAVE
THE SOLOMONIC TREASURE
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AND YOU HAVE THE... THE...
THE ROMAN-PERIOD TREASURE,
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OR LET'S SAY THE TREASURE
FROM THE TIME OF JESUS, YES,
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WHICH IS THEN TAKEN AWAY
AS SPOILS TO JERUSALEM.
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SO THE FIRST TREASURE, WE REALLY
DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S LOCATED.
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I MEAN, IT'S A POSSIBILITY...
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I WOULD THINK
IT'S QUITE LOGICAL
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THAT IF YOU KNOW
THAT THE BABYLONIANS
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ARE HAMMERING AT THE DOORS
OF THE CITY...
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THE GATES OF THE CITY,
THEY WANT TO COME IN,
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AND THEY WANT TO PILLAGE
AND RAPE AND DESTROY,
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THAT YOU'RE GONNA
HIDE IT AWAY SOMEWHERE.
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AND THAT MEANS THAT ONE HAS TO
THINK ABOUT SUBTERRANEAN SPACES
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BENEATH JERUSALEM.
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THIS IS
WHERE YOU HID THINGS.
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IF YOU HAD AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
OF MONEY,
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IF YOU HAVE SOME TREASURE,
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YOU WOULD FIND
SOME SUBTERRANEAN SPACE,
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AND YOU WOULD HIDE IT THERE.
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SHIMON, YOU'VE WRITTEN A BOOK
ABOUT THIS NETWORK OF TUNNELS
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THAT EXISTS
BENEATH TEMPLE MOUNT.
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YES, THERE'S SOMETHING
LIKE 45 SUBTERRANEAN SPACES
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AND CHANNELS AND...
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AND SYSTEMS
BENEATH THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
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UH, MOST OF THEM ARE,
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OR ALL OF THEM ACTUALLY,
ARE INACCESSIBLE, UM,
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FOR WESTERNERS...
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EVER SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF, UH, THE 20th CENTURY,
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WHEN THE LAST
OF THE WESTERNERS
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OR THE TRAVELERS
AND EXPLORERS WENT IN.
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SO REALLY,
THERE'S A LABYRINTH,
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A KIND OF, SORT OF WARREN,
OF ALL OF THESE TUNNELS,
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AND CHAMBERS AND SYSTEMS
BENEATH THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
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IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU
COULD TAKE ME DOWN THERE
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TO EXPLORE THOSE?
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WHAT WE COULD DO... WE COULD
ACTUALLY GO TO A... A TUNNEL
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WHICH IS, UM,
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SITUATED TO THE NORTH
OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT,
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AND IT LEADS
TOWARDS THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
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SO I THINK YOU AND I SHOULD GO
ON A SEARCH FOR THIS TUNNEL,
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HAVE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE
IF WE CAN FIND IT AND...
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AND SEE IF WE CAN CRAWL
THROUGH THIS TUNNEL.
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MAYBE WE'LL...
WE'LL REACH THE TEMPLE MOUNT.
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LET'S... LET'S,
UH, CHECK THAT OUT.
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Narrator: JAMIE'S HUNT FOR THE
LOST TREASURES OF KING SOLOMON
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TAKES HIM INTO THE SOUKS
OF JERUSALEM,
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WHERE HE MEETS AN ANTIQUE DEALER
WITH A STAGGERING COLLECTION
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OF ANCIENT RELICS.
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FASCINATING DISCOVERIES WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.
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Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
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IS ON THE HUNT
FOR THE GREAT TREASURES
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OF KING SOLOMON,
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WHICH DISAPPEARED
FROM THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM
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OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO.
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HE'S BEEN TOLD IT'S POSSIBLE
THAT, AT THE TIME,
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THE HIGH PRIESTS
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HID THESE TREASURES,
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LIKE THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
AND THE MENORAH,
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UNDER THE CITY
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WHILE IT WAS BEING ATTACKED
AND LOOTED
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AND THAT THEY COULD STILL
BE HIDDEN THERE TODAY.
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THE TRUTH IS THAT MUCH
OF THE ANCIENT TREASURE
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OF JERUSALEM HAS BEEN DUG UP
AND SOLD BY DEALERS IN THE CITY
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OVER THE YEARS...
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EVERYTHING FROM SIMPLE POTTERY
CUPS TO MORE ELABORATE ITEMS,
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LIKE JEWELRY, SILVER, COINS,
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AND EVEN WEAPONS.
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MUCH OF WHAT IS SOLD
IN THE MARKET IS FAKE.
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BUT IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY
ENOUGH, AND WITH A BIT OF LUCK,
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YOU CAN STILL FIND ITEMS
THAT ARE POSSIBLE 2,000,
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MAYBE EVEN 3,000 YEARS OLD.
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BUT IF YOU REALLY
WANT TO SEE THE BEST RELICS,
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THEN YOU NEED TO VISIT ONE
OF THE MAJOR ANTIQUE DEALERS
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IN JERUSALEM.
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THEY'RE THE PEOPLE WHO THE TOMB
RAIDERS AND RELIC HUNTERS
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TAKE THEIR PRIZED FINDS TO
FIRST.
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JAMIE WAS TIPPED OFF
THAT KHADER BAIDUN WAS ONE
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OF THE BEST DEALERS IN TOWN.
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KHADER.
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HI.
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JAMIE.
KHADER BAIDUN.
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NICE MEETING YOU.
HOW ARE YOU?
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FINE.
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL SHOP HERE.
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YOU'RE MOST WELCOME.
YOU WANT TO VISIT?
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PLEASE.
YEAH, THANK YOU.
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OKAY.
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WOW.
THIS IS AMAZING.
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SO I'M AFTER,
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UM, SOME TREASURES
FROM SOLOMON'S TIME.
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DO YOU HAVE
SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
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I WILL SHOW YOU SOMETHING
FROM THAT TIME HERE.
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THE SWORD.
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SO, HOW OLD IS THIS?
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SOLOMON TIME.
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YEAH?
KING SOLOMON TIME.
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SO, THIS IS,
WHAT, 2,500 YEARS OLD?
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2,700 YEARS.
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WOW.
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AND THEN I HAVE...
I HAVE A HELMET.
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YEAH.
OKAY.
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THIS IS FROM A SIMILAR,
A SAME... SAME ERA.
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SAME... YEAH, SAME PERIOD.
OKAY.
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SO, WHO WOULD HAVE WORN
ONE OF THESE?
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THIS IS FOR SOLOMON,
AND THEY USE IT.
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BUT NOT FOR FIGHT.
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SO, UH, WHAT IS THIS...
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WHAT IS THIS MADE OF?
BRONZE.
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THIS IS BRONZE?
MADE OF BRONZE.
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YEAH.
OKAY.
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AND THE SWORD, AS WELL?
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THE EYE HERE... GLASS.
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SEE THE EYE?
YEAH.
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IT'S GLASS.
YEAH, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL.
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AND THE SWORD HERE,
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN USED...
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ALSO BRONZE.
THIS IS BRONZE?
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THAT'S FOR FIGHTING.
RIGHT.
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OKAY.
AND HOW MUCH...
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HOW MUCH DOES THIS...
HOW MUCH WOULD THIS COST ME?
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THIS WOULD COST, UH, $7,500.
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7,500 SHEKELS.
DOLLARS.
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DOLLARS. REALLY?
YEAH.
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IS THAT YOUR BEST PRICE?
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MY BEST.
REALLY?
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YEAH.
YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.
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SOMETHING, UH,
TO SWEET YOUR DEAL
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AS A GIFT.
RIGHT.
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OH, OKAY.
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I CAN GIVE YOU A COIN.
OKAY.
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THAT'S AMAZING.
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SO, IF I WAS TO GO
TO ONE OF THESE, UH,
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ANTIQUITIES DEALERS' SHOPS,
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WHAT KIND OF THINGS
DO YOU THINK I COULD FIND?
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WELL, IF YOU WENT
TO AN ANTIQUITIES SHOP IN...
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IN THE OLD CITY, UM,
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THEY WOULD FIRST SUSS YOU OUT
TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT
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YOU'RE SOMEBODY
WHO HAS SOME MEANS, YOU KNOW,
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OF PAYING FOR SOME THINGS.
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THERE'S NO POINT IN SHOWING YOU
A DEAD SEA SCROLL
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IF ALL YOU CAN BUY IS...
IS A FRAGMENT OF AN OIL LAMP.
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SO THEY'RE GONNA
SORT OF SUSS IT OUT,
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AND THEN THEY SUSS YOU OUT.
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AND THEN
IF THEY DEEM YOU WORTHY,
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THEN THEY WILL TAKE YOU
TO THE BACK ROOMS.
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AND THEN, UH,
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IF THEY DEEM
YOU EVEN MORE WORTHY THAN THAT,
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THEY'LL SHOW YOU...
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THEY HAVE, UH,
SOMETIMES THESE HIDDEN PANELS.
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AND BEHIND
THESE HIDDEN PANELS...
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WELL, THERE'S ALMOST LIKE
SORT OF JAMES BOND.
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YOU KNOW, THEY OPEN UP,
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AND THEY HAVE THESE SORT
OF STEPS GOING DOWN
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OR STEPS GOING UP
TO THESE HIDDEN ROOMS BEHIND,
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WHERE THEIR TREASURES
ARE KEPT.
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I WILL SHOW YOU A COIN
FROM THE SECOND TEMPLE.
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Theakston: REALLY? OKAY.
YES.
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KING SOLOMON
FROM THE FIRST TEMPLE.
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SURE. YEAH.
OKAY.
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THIS IS THE SECOND TEMPLE COIN,
THE SILVER SHEKEL.
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WOW.
SEE? SILVER COIN.
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THAT IS AMAZING.
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AND IS THIS WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY?
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IT'S WORTH
A LOT OF MONEY, YES,
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BECAUSE IT'S SILVER.
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OKAY.
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Gough: THERE'S SUCH
AN AMOUNT OF TREASURE
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THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN IN PLACES
THAT ARE PROBABLY COMMON.
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THAT'S THE BEST PLACE
TO HIDE SOMETHING.
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AND PEOPLE ARE FINDING THIS.
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AND IF THEY GIVE IT
TO AUTHORITIES,
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THEY WON'T GET ANY MONEY.
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SO THEY WANT TO SELL IT.
IT'S VERY MUCH A BLACK MARKET.
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BUT IT EXISTS, AND YOU DON'T
HAVE TO LOOK VERY HARD
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TO FIND IT.
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AND IS THERE A LOT OF TREASURE
UNDERNEATH JERUSALEM?
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TREASURE IS POSSIBLE,
OF COURSE.
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SOME PLACES
WHICH WAS NOT DISCOVERED.
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WHAT, LIKE IN OLD TUNNELS
OR CAVES?
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YEAH.
ABSOLUTELY.
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LET ME SHOW YOU
WHAT I HAVE HERE.
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WOW.
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THAT'S
FOR SERIOUS COLLECTOR.
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OKAY.
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WOW.
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THIS IS AMAZING.
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SO, YOU DON'T BRING... YOU DON'T
BRING JUST ANYONE IN HERE.
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THIS IS YOUR...
WHERE YOUR...
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THIS IS
FOR SERIOUS COLLECTOR,
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WHOM THEY ARE COLLECTING
THESE ITEMS
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FOR MANY YEARS.
MANY YEARS.
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AND THESE HAVE ALL COME
UP FROM DOWN IN THE GROUND?
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EXCAVATION UNDERGROUND.
COMING UP FROM EXCAVATION.
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YEAH.
TOMBS AND UNDERGROUND.
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RIGHT.
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Gibson: TREASURES, UM,
ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.
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AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN WALK
INTO AN ANTIQUITIES SHOP
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IN JERUSALEM AND SAY,
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"SHOW ME YOUR TREASURES.
I'M WILLING TO BUY," YOU KNOW?
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Theakston: BUT WE CAN TRY.
YOU CAN TRY.
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GIVE IT A GO.
ARE YOU GONNA TRY?
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WE MIGHT FIND THE MENORAH
IN A BACK ROOM SOMEWHERE.
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YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY.
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HERE IS A BOAR.
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ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
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IT'S FROM 3,000 YEAR.
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THIS IS 3,000 YEARS OLD.
DRINKING THE WINE.
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IT'S... IT'S... IT'S
IN AMAZINGLY GOOD CONDITION.
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YES, IT'S NOT BROKEN.
IT'S ONE PIECE.
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3,000 YEARS OLD.
YEP.
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AND THIS WAS FOUND WHERE?
DO WE KNOW?
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IT WAS FOUND
IN THE SOUTH OF JERUSALEM.
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RIGHT. OKAY.
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SO...
BUT UNDERNEATH THE CITY.
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UNDERNEATH. YEAH.
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BECAUSE THERE'S A WHOLE NETWORK
OF CAVES AND TOMBS.
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TOMBS. YEAH.
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AND WHAT WOULD THIS
HAVE BEEN USED FOR?
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YOU PUT YOUR WINE HERE,
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AND DRINK IT
THROUGH YOUR MOUTH.
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THIS IS...
BUT THIS IS A WINE CUP.
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YEAH. YEAH. WINE.
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WHAT, LIKE THIS?
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YOU PUT YOUR HAND HERE.
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RIGHT.
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AND THEN, WHEN THEY...
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WHEN THEY TURN
THE HAND UP...
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OKAY.
THE AIR GO THROUGH IT,
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AND THE WINE COME OUT.
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THAT IS AMAZING. LOOK
AT THE COLOR IN IT, AS WELL.
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AND... AND HOW MUCH
WOULD THIS BE WORTH?
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$4,500.
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$4,500?
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YEAH.
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00:17:58,633 --> 00:18:02,133
WOW.
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00:18:02,167 --> 00:18:07,967
BY LAW, ISRAELI LAW,
YOU CAN SELL ANTIQUITIES.
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00:18:08,067 --> 00:18:10,767
AND YOU HAVE, UH, SHOPS
WHICH, UH, CATER
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TO THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO
BUY OBJECTS AND ANTIQUITIES.
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00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:17,400
LAMPS AND BOWLS,
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AND ALL SORTS OF SCULPTURES
AND SO FORTH.
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00:18:19,933 --> 00:18:22,400
YOU ALSO HAVE ANOTHER
ISRAELI LAW WHICH FORBIDS,
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00:18:22,433 --> 00:18:24,533
UH, ILLEGAL EXCAVATIONS.
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00:18:24,567 --> 00:18:27,600
SO ONE LAW IS...
IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE OTHER.
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00:18:27,633 --> 00:18:29,233
SO THERE'S A BIT
OF A PROBLEM THERE.
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00:18:29,267 --> 00:18:32,467
AS A RESULT OF THAT,
YOU'VE GOT THIS LOOPHOLE,
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00:18:32,500 --> 00:18:37,100
AND THINGS ARE ILLEGALLY
EXCAVATED, INCLUDING TREASURES.
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00:18:37,133 --> 00:18:38,600
SOME OF THEM
ARE MUNDANE OBJECTS.
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00:18:38,633 --> 00:18:42,200
THE MUNDANE OBJECTS TURN UP
IN THE... THE SHOPS,
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WHICH ARE IN THE OLD CITY
OF JERUSALEM AND ELSEWHERE.
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00:18:44,833 --> 00:18:47,700
AND TOURISTS PASSING BY
CAN PICK UP AN OBJECT,
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00:18:47,733 --> 00:18:49,233
AND THEY GET A CERTIFICATE.
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00:18:49,267 --> 00:18:52,233
AND THEY CAN, UH, TAKE IT BACK
TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
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00:18:52,267 --> 00:18:55,133
BUT THE TREASURES
USUALLY ARE HIDDEN AWAY.
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00:18:55,167 --> 00:18:56,900
THEY'RE NOT...
AND THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE.
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00:18:56,933 --> 00:19:01,467
AND... AND THEY'RE THEN
SMUGGLED OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
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00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:03,300
AND THEN THEY TURN UP
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IN DIFFERENT COLLECTIONS
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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RECENTLY, A COLLEAGUE OF MINE,
DORON BEN-AMI...
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00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:17,967
HE FOUND A HORDE OF, UH,
240 GOLD COINS OF HERACLIUS,
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00:19:18,067 --> 00:19:21,767
THE LAST, UH, BYZANTINE EMPEROR
WHO EVER RULED JERUSALEM.
428
00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,967
SO HERE AND THERE,
THERE MIGHT BE LUCK.
429
00:19:24,067 --> 00:19:27,467
BUT THESE ARE JUST...
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00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:32,867
JUST HINTS TO THE WEALTH
THAT JERUSALEM ONCE HAD.
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00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:39,333
Narrator: JAMIE'S SEARCH FOR THE
LOST TREASURES OF KING SOLOMON
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TAKES HIM UNDERNEATH JERUSALEM
INTO THE ANCIENT CAVES
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00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:44,900
OF ZEDEKIAH
AND THE HIDDEN PASSAGES
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00:19:44,933 --> 00:19:46,700
THAT LED TO THE OLD TEMPLE.
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00:19:46,733 --> 00:19:49,066
IN THE FOOTSTEPS
OF THE RELIC SMUGGLERS,
436
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WHEN "FORBIDDEN HISTORY"
RETURNS.
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Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
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IS INVESTIGATING THE MYSTERY
439
00:19:59,167 --> 00:20:01,600
OF THE GREAT TREASURES
OF KING SOLOMON,
440
00:20:01,633 --> 00:20:05,733
WHICH DISAPPEARED FROM JERUSALEM
OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO.
441
00:20:05,767 --> 00:20:07,433
IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, AT THE TIME,
442
00:20:07,467 --> 00:20:09,567
THEY WERE HIDDEN AWAY
UNDER THE OLD TEMPLE
443
00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,667
BY THE HIGH PRIESTS
FOR THEIR SAFETY
444
00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:13,900
AND THAT THEY'VE REMAINED
THERE EVER SINCE,
445
00:20:13,933 --> 00:20:16,067
WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED.
446
00:20:16,100 --> 00:20:19,233
HE'S ALREADY TALKED TO THE RELIC
DEALERS IN THE CITY'S MARKETS.
447
00:20:19,267 --> 00:20:22,833
BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO HEAD
UNDERGROUND INTO THE REMAINS
448
00:20:22,867 --> 00:20:24,867
OF ANCIENT JERUSALEM.
449
00:20:31,700 --> 00:20:34,033
LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGIST
SHIMON GIBSON
450
00:20:34,067 --> 00:20:37,533
HAD ARRANGED FOR JAMIE TO VISIT
ONE OF THE FEW TUNNEL SITES
451
00:20:37,567 --> 00:20:40,200
UNDER THE OLD CITY
THAT ARE STILL ACCESSIBLE
452
00:20:40,233 --> 00:20:42,933
AND LEAD TOWARDS
THE SECOND TEMPLE OF SOLOMON.
453
00:20:42,967 --> 00:20:46,133
IT'S KNOWN AS ZEDEKIAH'S CAVE.
454
00:20:46,167 --> 00:20:47,800
Theakston:
SO, SHIMON, ARE THERE PEOPLE
455
00:20:47,833 --> 00:20:50,033
STILL DIGGING
IN THE CAVES TODAY?
456
00:20:50,067 --> 00:20:52,933
WELL, THE CAVE OF ZEDEKIAH
WAS EXPLORED
457
00:20:52,967 --> 00:20:55,767
BACK IN THE 19th CENTURY
AND EARLY 20th CENTURY.
458
00:20:55,800 --> 00:20:58,500
AND THEN...
THEN IT WAS SORT OF A BIT QUIET
459
00:20:58,533 --> 00:21:00,167
UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.
460
00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,233
A GROUP
RELATING TO RON WYATT
461
00:21:04,267 --> 00:21:06,567
HAS BEEN DOING
EXCAVATIONS THERE.
462
00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,067
DID HE... WAS HE THE GUY
WHO TRIED TO FIND THE ARK?
463
00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:10,167
EXACTLY, YES.
464
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,333
BACK IN EARLY 1970s,
465
00:21:12,367 --> 00:21:15,133
HE WAS CRAWLING
THROUGH A TUNNEL, UM,
466
00:21:15,167 --> 00:21:17,733
WHICH WAS VERY CLOSE
TO THE CAVE OF ZEDEKIAH.
467
00:21:17,767 --> 00:21:20,867
AND HE CLAIMED THAT HE FOUND
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
468
00:21:20,900 --> 00:21:23,333
AND VARIOUS
OTHER TEMPLE TREASURES.
469
00:21:23,367 --> 00:21:24,667
TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS.
470
00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:27,467
UNFORTUNATELY, THE PHOTOGRAPHS
HE TOOK WERE BLURRED.
471
00:21:27,500 --> 00:21:30,633
AND THE OTHER UNFORTUNATE SIDE
OF IT ALL
472
00:21:30,667 --> 00:21:33,367
IS THAT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW
THE EXACT LOCATION
473
00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:35,067
OF WHERE HE WAS.
474
00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,433
AND THE CAVE
WE'RE GONNA GO AND SEE NOW,
475
00:21:37,467 --> 00:21:38,700
THE CAVE OF ZEDEKIAH,
476
00:21:38,733 --> 00:21:41,066
IS ONE OF THESE IDEAL LOCATIONS
BECAUSE IT'S...
477
00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:43,533
IT'S AN ENORMOUS
SUBTERRANEAN SPACE.
478
00:21:43,567 --> 00:21:46,500
IT EXTENDS
UNDER A SUBSTANTIAL PART
479
00:21:46,533 --> 00:21:47,867
OF THE ANCIENT CITY.
480
00:21:47,900 --> 00:21:49,867
AND IT'S SO LARGE THAT...
481
00:21:49,900 --> 00:21:52,067
THAT YOU CAN EVEN GET LOST
INSIDE.
482
00:21:52,100 --> 00:21:54,867
I'VE GOT LOST INSIDE
ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
483
00:21:54,900 --> 00:21:56,233
BUT, LUCKILY, I'VE GOT A MAP,
484
00:21:56,267 --> 00:21:59,200
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE CAN SORT OF
FIND YOUR WAY OUT OF IT
485
00:21:59,233 --> 00:22:00,700
AT DIFFERENT POINTS.
486
00:22:10,467 --> 00:22:11,567
SO, THESE ARE THE WALLS
487
00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:14,100
WHICH WERE BUILT
BY SULEIMAN THE MAGNIFICENT.
488
00:22:14,133 --> 00:22:18,400
AND, UH, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING
TO ENTER INTO THE CAVE
489
00:22:18,433 --> 00:22:20,733
WHICH EXTENDS UNDER
THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM,
490
00:22:20,767 --> 00:22:24,933
SO IT'S REALLY
QUITE, UH, EXCITING.
491
00:22:24,967 --> 00:22:26,967
Narrator: IT'S REPORTED
THAT HEROD THE GREAT
492
00:22:27,067 --> 00:22:29,233
USED STONES FROM ZEDEKIAH'S CAVE
493
00:22:29,267 --> 00:22:31,800
TO BUILD THE SECOND TEMPLE
OF SOLOMON,
494
00:22:31,833 --> 00:22:34,400
INCLUDING ITS OUTER WALLS.
495
00:22:34,433 --> 00:22:36,567
AND THERE ARE RUMORS
THAT, OVER THE YEARS,
496
00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:38,267
TOMB RAIDERS AND RELIC SMUGGLERS
497
00:22:38,300 --> 00:22:41,500
HAVE USED SECRET PASSAGES
LEADING OFF FROM THIS CAVE
498
00:22:41,533 --> 00:22:44,633
TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE REMAINS
OF THE TEMPLE ITSELF.
499
00:22:45,433 --> 00:22:48,267
WOW.
IT'S AMAZING, ISN'T IT?
500
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:49,800
OH, UNBELIEVABLE.
501
00:22:49,833 --> 00:22:51,067
WHAT'S DOWN THROUGH HERE?
502
00:22:51,100 --> 00:22:52,733
WELL, THIS IS AN AREA
WHICH ISN'T OPEN
503
00:22:52,767 --> 00:22:55,100
TO THE TOURISTS
WHO COME TO VISIT THE CAVE.
504
00:22:55,133 --> 00:22:57,967
OKAY.
LET'S GO ON IN AND EXPLORE.
505
00:22:58,067 --> 00:22:59,800
OKAY.
506
00:23:02,233 --> 00:23:03,600
AS JAMIE AND SHIMON
507
00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:07,300
VENTURED FURTHER INTO THE SILENT
LABYRINTH OF CAVES AND CHAMBERS,
508
00:23:07,333 --> 00:23:10,100
IT WAS EASY TO FORGET
THAT THE BUSTLING CITY
509
00:23:10,133 --> 00:23:14,700
OF JERUSALEM WAS LITERALLY
JUST ABOVE THEIR HEADS.
510
00:23:14,733 --> 00:23:16,909
Gibson: NOW, HAVE A LOOK OVER
HERE. IT'S REALLY QUITE AMAZING.
511
00:23:16,933 --> 00:23:22,267
THESE, UH, CAVERNS THEN OPEN UP
INTO A VERY LARGER SPACE.
512
00:23:22,300 --> 00:23:24,333
AND YOU CAN SEE
THE BLOCKS OF STONE
513
00:23:24,367 --> 00:23:25,676
WHICH ARE
EXTRACTED FROM THE FLOOR,
514
00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:28,067
AS WELL AS FROM THE...
FROM THE WALLS.
515
00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:30,400
Theakston: YEAH.
AND, UM,
516
00:23:30,433 --> 00:23:33,833
YOU GET THESE DEEP PITS HERE
WHICH ARE FULL OF RUBBLE.
517
00:23:33,867 --> 00:23:35,900
BUT IF WE WERE
TO EXTRACT THIS RUBBLE,
518
00:23:35,933 --> 00:23:38,767
THIS WOULD LEAD DOWN
TO LOWER CHAMBERS.
519
00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:40,300
SO, YOU HAVE, UH,
520
00:23:40,333 --> 00:23:43,800
AT LEAST TWO
OR PERHAPS THREE LAYERS
521
00:23:43,833 --> 00:23:46,933
OF ROOMS AND CAVERNS
AT DIFFERENT LEVELS
522
00:23:46,967 --> 00:23:52,667
EXTENDING DOWN DEEP
INTO THE GROUND.
523
00:23:52,700 --> 00:23:53,700
JAMIE, I WANT TO SHOW YOU
524
00:23:53,733 --> 00:23:55,133
SOMETHING
REALLY QUITE NICE HERE.
525
00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:56,733
LOOK.
526
00:23:56,767 --> 00:23:57,933
LOOK AT
ALL THE GRAFFITI HERE.
527
00:23:57,967 --> 00:24:01,567
UH, 1869.
528
00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:02,933
DO YOU SEE?
529
00:24:02,967 --> 00:24:04,267
AND THEN
ANOTHER ONE DOWN HERE.
530
00:24:04,300 --> 00:24:06,500
1874.
531
00:24:06,533 --> 00:24:10,567
AND HERE YOU CAN SEE
THE SYMBOL OF THE FREEMASON.
532
00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:11,933
HE WAS A FREEMASON, CLEARLY,
533
00:24:11,967 --> 00:24:14,733
THIS RICHARDSON
WHO HAD MADE THIS GRAFFITI.
534
00:24:14,767 --> 00:24:17,867
BUT YOU HAVE NAMES HERE
OF MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE
535
00:24:17,900 --> 00:24:19,500
WHO HAVE VISITED THE CAVE,
536
00:24:19,533 --> 00:24:24,100
INCLUDING KEY FIGURES
IN THE HISTORY OF JERUSALEM.
537
00:24:24,133 --> 00:24:27,100
YOU KNOW, AMERICAN CONSULS
AND ALL SORTS OF PEOPLE
538
00:24:27,133 --> 00:24:31,933
CAME IN AND LEFT
THEIR MARKS ON THE WALL.
539
00:24:31,967 --> 00:24:34,067
NOW, I WANTED TO TAKE YOU
OVER HERE,
540
00:24:34,100 --> 00:24:36,633
SHOW YOU
THIS LOWER CHAMBER.
541
00:24:36,667 --> 00:24:37,700
OKAY.
542
00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,867
THIS IS A SHAFT
WHICH LEADS DOWN, UH,
543
00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:48,233
INTO THE LOWER LEVEL
OF CAVES.
544
00:24:48,267 --> 00:24:50,967
AND WITHIN
THIS LOWER LEVEL OF CAVES,
545
00:24:51,067 --> 00:24:53,733
THERE'S YET A DEEPER LEVEL
OF CAVES.
546
00:24:53,767 --> 00:24:56,600
SO YOU CAN GO DOWN
FROM ONE LEVEL TO ANOTHER.
547
00:24:56,633 --> 00:24:57,833
IT REALLY IS VERY EXCITING.
548
00:24:57,867 --> 00:24:58,933
WE CAN GO DOWN HERE?
549
00:24:58,967 --> 00:25:00,800
YES, LET'S GO DOWN.
550
00:25:03,733 --> 00:25:07,066
ZEDEKIAH'S CAVE USED TO BE
KNOWN AS SOLOMON'S QUARRIES.
551
00:25:07,067 --> 00:25:08,700
IT'S AN ENORMOUS CAVE
552
00:25:08,733 --> 00:25:11,167
WHICH EXTENDS
UNDER THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM.
553
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:16,667
AND IT GOES ON FOR HUNDREDS
OF METERS BENEATH THE CITY,
554
00:25:16,700 --> 00:25:19,700
AND IT'S AT THAT LOCATION
THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY
555
00:25:19,733 --> 00:25:22,233
THAT TREASURE
MIGHT ONE DAY BE FOUND,
556
00:25:22,267 --> 00:25:25,700
SHOULD ONE, UH, START
EXCAVATING ALL THE FILLS INSIDE.
557
00:25:25,733 --> 00:25:27,267
IT IS A BIT
OF A MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
558
00:25:27,300 --> 00:25:30,700
BECAUSE THERE'S,
SO MUCH STONE DEBRIS INSIDE
559
00:25:30,733 --> 00:25:32,967
THAT IT WOULD PROBABLY
TAKE ABOUT 1,000 YEARS
560
00:25:33,067 --> 00:25:34,100
TO DIG IT ALL OUT.
561
00:25:34,133 --> 00:25:35,833
AND SO, YOU KNOW,
AS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST
562
00:25:35,867 --> 00:25:38,167
I DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH TIME TO DO SO.
563
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:44,066
BUT THAT IS A POTENTIAL PLACE
FOR HIDING AWAY TREASURE.
564
00:25:44,067 --> 00:25:45,233
WOW.
565
00:25:45,267 --> 00:25:49,067
DO YOU SEE THIS WIRE
AND THEN THE STRING HERE?
566
00:25:49,100 --> 00:25:52,700
THIS IS SO THAT IF ANYBODY GETS
LOST IN THIS LOWER CAVERN AREA,
567
00:25:52,733 --> 00:25:54,533
THEN THEY JUST
SIMPLY FOLLOW THE STRING.
568
00:25:54,567 --> 00:25:56,176
FIND THEIR WAY BACK.
THEY CAN FIND THEIR WAY OUT.
569
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:58,200
YEAH.
MAYBE I'LL HOLD IT.
570
00:25:58,233 --> 00:25:59,500
OKAY.
LET'S GO.
571
00:25:59,533 --> 00:26:01,400
OKAY.
572
00:26:05,067 --> 00:26:06,900
INVASION OF COCKROACHES
HERE.
573
00:26:06,933 --> 00:26:08,066
OH, MY GOODNESS.
YEAH.
574
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:09,833
YEAH.
575
00:26:13,067 --> 00:26:17,066
NOW, LOOK AT THIS.
576
00:26:17,067 --> 00:26:19,043
THESE ARE THE TUNNELS
WHICH LEAD OFF IN THE DIRECTION
577
00:26:19,067 --> 00:26:20,333
OF TEMPLE MOUNT.
578
00:26:20,367 --> 00:26:23,700
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE
JUST FULL OF SOIL AND RUBBLE.
579
00:26:23,733 --> 00:26:25,433
SO WE DON'T KNOW
THEIR FULL EXTENT.
580
00:26:25,467 --> 00:26:30,066
I'VE CRAWLED ALONG
FOR ABOUT 30 OR 40 METERS
581
00:26:30,067 --> 00:26:32,467
DUE SOUTHEAST
582
00:26:32,500 --> 00:26:33,733
TOWARDS THE TEMPLE MOUNT,
583
00:26:33,767 --> 00:26:37,867
AND I'M SURE IF ONE EXTRACTED
ALL OF THIS FILL,
584
00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:42,367
THEN ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH
THE TEMPLE MOUNT ITSELF.
585
00:26:44,300 --> 00:26:47,967
Theakston: ARE THERE PEOPLE
STILL DIGGING FOR, UH,
586
00:26:48,067 --> 00:26:50,833
TREASURE
UNDER THE TEMPLE MOUNT?
587
00:26:50,867 --> 00:26:52,676
Gibson: ARCHAEOLOGISTS
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DIGGING
588
00:26:52,700 --> 00:26:53,800
IN JERUSALEM.
589
00:26:53,833 --> 00:26:56,100
THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTED
IN SORT OF UNRAVELING
590
00:26:56,133 --> 00:26:59,633
THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, BUT
YOU GET THESE EXTERNAL GROUPS.
591
00:26:59,667 --> 00:27:01,176
UH, THESE ARE PEOPLE
FROM DIFFERENT PARTS
592
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,333
OF THE WORLD
WHO HAVE THIS YEARNING,
593
00:27:03,367 --> 00:27:04,667
THIS PASSION, UH,
594
00:27:04,700 --> 00:27:07,433
FOR FINDING RELICS
OF THE PAST, UH,
595
00:27:07,467 --> 00:27:09,133
INCLUDING THE ARK
OF THE COVENANT.
596
00:27:09,167 --> 00:27:11,433
AND FREQUENTLY, I GET THESE
TELEPHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE
597
00:27:11,467 --> 00:27:14,333
SORT OF SAYING, "I KNOW WHERE
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT IS.
598
00:27:14,367 --> 00:27:16,267
CAN WE MEET
AND I'LL SHOW YOU?" YOU KNOW.
599
00:27:16,300 --> 00:27:17,500
YEAH, I'M ALWAYS WILLING
600
00:27:17,533 --> 00:27:20,300
TO HEAR ABOUT THESE SORT
OF POSSIBILITIES.
601
00:27:20,333 --> 00:27:22,967
AND BECAUSE JERUSALEM
HAS THIS WARREN
602
00:27:23,067 --> 00:27:27,066
OF UNDERGROUND CAVERNS
AND CHAMBERS AND TUNNELS,
603
00:27:27,067 --> 00:27:30,267
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT SOMEWHERE, SOMEPLACE,
604
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:31,867
SOME SORT OF TREASURE
WILL BE FOUND.
605
00:27:34,733 --> 00:27:38,067
LET'S MOVE THIS AWAY.
YEAH.
606
00:27:38,100 --> 00:27:41,066
WE'VE CRAWLED DOWN
INTO THAT CHAMBER THERE.
607
00:27:41,067 --> 00:27:44,533
AND THEN WE'VE,
UH, MOVED ALONG THIS HALLWAY.
608
00:27:44,567 --> 00:27:46,533
WE'RE AT THAT JUNCTION,
YOU SEE?
609
00:27:46,567 --> 00:27:50,467
AND THAT'S THE TUNNEL WHICH
GOES OFF IN THAT DIRECTION, UH,
610
00:27:50,500 --> 00:27:51,567
IN THE DIRECTION
611
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,640
OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT
ITSELF.
612
00:27:52,667 --> 00:27:54,300
SO TEMPLE MOUNT'S
SORT OF HERE?
613
00:27:54,333 --> 00:27:55,467
EXACTLY.
614
00:27:55,500 --> 00:27:58,267
SO, HOW FAR AWAY ARE WE
FROM THE TEMPLE MOUNT NOW?
615
00:27:58,300 --> 00:28:04,500
UM, IT'S ABOUT SORT OF
50 TO 100 METERS AWAY.
616
00:28:04,533 --> 00:28:07,233
WOW.
BUT THE PROBLEM
617
00:28:07,267 --> 00:28:09,367
IS THAT WHEN WE
WERE MAPPING THIS AREA,
618
00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:11,867
WE COULDN'T GET FARTHER
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE RUBBLE.
619
00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:14,200
BUT IF WE WERE TO CLEAR
WHERE THE RUBBLE AT THE END
620
00:28:14,233 --> 00:28:16,600
OR THE EXTREMITY
OF THIS TUNNEL,
621
00:28:16,633 --> 00:28:18,066
THEN IT WOULD CONTINUE
622
00:28:18,067 --> 00:28:21,267
ALL THE WAY
TO THE TEMPLE ITSELF.
623
00:28:28,100 --> 00:28:29,900
CAREFUL OF YOUR HEAD.
624
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,400
JAMIE AND SHIMON
625
00:28:35,433 --> 00:28:38,133
CARRIED ON DEEPER
INTO THE SUBTERRANEAN WORLD
626
00:28:38,167 --> 00:28:40,500
UNTIL THEY FINALLY
REACHED THE END OF THE TUNNEL
627
00:28:40,533 --> 00:28:42,533
THAT HAD BEEN DELIBERATELY
BLOCKED UP,
628
00:28:42,567 --> 00:28:46,066
PERHAPS BY TOMB RAIDERS
WHO WERE COVERING THEIR TRACKS.
629
00:28:46,067 --> 00:28:48,700
IT WAS AS FAR AS THEY COULD GO.
630
00:28:53,867 --> 00:28:56,500
THE ANCIENT FOUNDATIONS
OF THE TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM
631
00:28:56,533 --> 00:28:57,733
DEEP UNDERGROUND,
632
00:28:57,767 --> 00:29:00,400
A SECURE TREASURE VAULT
BUILT BY KING SOLOMON
633
00:29:00,433 --> 00:29:01,733
FOR THE ARK OF THE COVENANT,
634
00:29:01,767 --> 00:29:02,933
AND A GROUP OF RABBIS
635
00:29:02,967 --> 00:29:05,767
ARRESTED WHILE TUNNELING
UNDER TEMPLE MOUNT.
636
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:09,767
THE DRAMA CONTINUES WHEN
"FORBIDDEN HISTORY" RETURNS.
637
00:29:13,133 --> 00:29:14,309
Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
638
00:29:14,333 --> 00:29:15,667
IS ON THE HUNT
FOR GREAT TREASURES
639
00:29:15,700 --> 00:29:16,900
OF KING SOLOMON,
640
00:29:16,933 --> 00:29:19,067
WHICH DISAPPEARED
FROM THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM
641
00:29:19,100 --> 00:29:21,633
OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO.
642
00:29:21,667 --> 00:29:23,767
BUT WHERE ARE THEY TODAY?
643
00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:25,167
AND COULD THEY STILL BE HIDDEN
644
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,933
SOMEWHERE
BENEATH THIS ANCIENT CITY?
645
00:29:27,967 --> 00:29:29,800
HE'S ALREADY MET
THE RELIC DEALERS
646
00:29:29,833 --> 00:29:32,667
AND TROLLED THROUGH THE MARKETS
FOR EVIDENCE AND LEADS.
647
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,767
BUT MAYBE THE CLUES
ARE CLOSER TO HOME...
648
00:29:34,800 --> 00:29:38,333
AT THE BASE OF
THE OLD TEMPLE WALLS THEMSELVES.
649
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:49,567
ARCHAEOLOGICALLY, JERUSALEM
IS LIKE A LAYER CAKE OF HISTORY.
650
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:50,733
THE DEEPER YOU GO,
651
00:29:50,767 --> 00:29:52,767
THE OLDER IT GETS.
652
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,700
AND THE ROMAN STREETS
ARE STILL THERE,
653
00:29:54,733 --> 00:30:00,433
BURIED 100 FEET OR SO UNDER
THE MEDIEVAL CITY WE SEE TODAY.
654
00:30:00,467 --> 00:30:03,067
DR. KATE RAPHAEL
IS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST
655
00:30:03,100 --> 00:30:06,133
WHO HAS SPENT YEARS WORKING
AROUND THE TEMPLE MOUNT AREA
656
00:30:06,167 --> 00:30:09,833
AND KNOWS THE UNDERGROUND
LABYRINTH AS WELL AS ANYONE.
657
00:30:09,867 --> 00:30:13,500
SHE BELIEVES THAT KING SOLOMON
BUILT A VAULT BENEATH HIS TEMPLE
658
00:30:13,533 --> 00:30:18,067
TO STORE HIS TREASURES IN,
IN THE EVENT OF AN ATTACK.
659
00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:21,833
Theakston:
WHAT WAS SOLOMON'S VAULT?
660
00:30:21,867 --> 00:30:25,967
IF MY PALM
IS THE HOLY OF HOLIES,
661
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:31,400
THE ACTUAL BEDROCK WHERE ISAAC
AND THE SACRIFICE TOOK PLACE,
662
00:30:31,433 --> 00:30:33,733
THAT WAS THE HOLY OF HOLIES.
663
00:30:33,767 --> 00:30:36,900
AND WITHIN THE TEMPLE ITSELF...
664
00:30:36,933 --> 00:30:42,033
NOW, ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE
THAT COMES MUCH, MUCH LATER.
665
00:30:42,067 --> 00:30:45,633
WHEN KING SOLOMON
BUILT THE TEMPLE,
666
00:30:45,667 --> 00:30:51,900
HE BUILT A CHAMBER
BENEATH THE HOLY OF HOLIES.
667
00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,800
SO THIS IS THE ROCK,
THE BEDROCK.
668
00:30:54,833 --> 00:31:00,767
AND HE CARVED A ROOM UNDERNEATH
SO THAT IF THE TEMPLE
669
00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:04,367
WERE THREATENED
OR THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY
670
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:09,467
AND YOU HAD TO TAKE
THE TREASURES AND THE ARK
671
00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:11,867
TO STASH THEM IN A SAFE PLACE,
672
00:31:11,900 --> 00:31:16,867
YOU COULD TAKE THEM DIRECTLY
DOWN BELOW THE HOLY OF HOLIES.
673
00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:20,767
THERE WAS THIS ROOM
WHERE YOU COULD PUT THEM THERE,
674
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,600
AND HOPEFULLY NOBODY
WOULD EVER FIND THEM
675
00:31:23,633 --> 00:31:27,900
UNTIL EVERYTHING
HAD CALMED DOWN.
676
00:31:27,933 --> 00:31:32,433
THE SOURCE,
THE WAY IT HAD COME TO US,
677
00:31:32,467 --> 00:31:36,767
SAYS THAT KING SOLOMON HAD
ALREADY SEEN INTO THE FUTURE,
678
00:31:36,800 --> 00:31:42,733
AND HE KNEW THAT HIS TEMPLE
WAS NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER,
679
00:31:42,767 --> 00:31:46,200
AND... AND HE BUILT
THIS VAULT UNDERNEATH,
680
00:31:46,233 --> 00:31:48,333
WITH THE IDEA THAT...
681
00:31:48,367 --> 00:31:49,733
THAT WOULD BE...
682
00:31:49,767 --> 00:31:51,933
THAT HIS... THE HOUSE OF GOD...
683
00:31:51,967 --> 00:31:54,200
THE TEMPLE WOULD BE THREATENED.
684
00:32:03,400 --> 00:32:05,267
THE OUTER WAILING WALL
685
00:32:05,300 --> 00:32:07,333
IS ALL THAT REMAINS
OF THE SECOND TEMPLE
686
00:32:07,367 --> 00:32:08,633
FROM THE TIME OF JESUS
687
00:32:08,667 --> 00:32:11,533
AND IS WORLD-FAMOUS
AS THE MOST SACRED PRAYER SITE
688
00:32:11,567 --> 00:32:12,900
FOR JEWS TODAY.
689
00:32:12,933 --> 00:32:14,667
BUT WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW
690
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:19,300
IS THAT THE WALL
CONTINUES UNDERGROUND.
691
00:32:19,333 --> 00:32:23,367
SO, THE WAILING WALL
EXTENDS INTO THE TUNNEL SYSTEM.
692
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:24,500
RIGHT.
693
00:32:24,533 --> 00:32:27,633
THE WAILING WALL
IS ONLY ABOUT 1/8
694
00:32:27,667 --> 00:32:31,200
OF THE ENTIRE STRETCH
OF THAT WESTERN WALL
695
00:32:31,233 --> 00:32:32,833
THAT WAS BUILT BY KING HEROD.
696
00:32:32,867 --> 00:32:37,133
SO THE ACTUAL SITE OF PRAYER
THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TODAY
697
00:32:37,167 --> 00:32:39,167
IS A TINY FRAGMENT.
698
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:43,900
AND ONCE WE ENTER THE TUNNEL,
WE CAN SEE ALL THE REST OF IT.
699
00:32:43,933 --> 00:32:47,367
AND YOU CAN SEE THE STRUCTURE,
THE SIZE, THE EFFORT,
700
00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,600
AND THE FUNDS
THAT WERE POURED INTO THIS,
701
00:32:50,633 --> 00:32:52,233
UH, INTO THIS...
702
00:32:52,267 --> 00:32:53,767
THE BUILDING OF THIS WALL.
703
00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,367
AND THIS IS ONLY
A... A SUPPORT WALL.
704
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,633
IT'S NOT THE TEMPLE ITSELF.
705
00:32:59,667 --> 00:33:02,800
IT'S SOMETHING THAT SUPPORTS
THE ENTIRE PLATFORM
706
00:33:02,833 --> 00:33:04,767
FROM ALL THE SIDES OF IT.
707
00:33:07,967 --> 00:33:09,533
KATE AGREED TO TAKE JAMIE
708
00:33:09,567 --> 00:33:12,200
DOWN INTO THE TUNNELS
BENEATH THE WAILING WALL
709
00:33:12,233 --> 00:33:13,867
TO A SPOT
WHICH IS ABOUT AS CLOSE
710
00:33:13,900 --> 00:33:16,867
AS YOU'RE ABLE TO GET TODAY
TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES
711
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:18,933
OF THE ORIGINAL
TEMPLE OF SOLOMON,
712
00:33:18,967 --> 00:33:20,900
WHICH HOUSED
THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
713
00:33:20,933 --> 00:33:22,800
AND OTHER SACRED TREASURES.
714
00:33:24,467 --> 00:33:26,067
OKAY.
715
00:33:26,100 --> 00:33:30,733
SO, WE'RE REALLY NOT THE FIRST
TO TRY AND SOLVE THE MYSTERY
716
00:33:30,767 --> 00:33:34,433
OF WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE TREASURES OF THE TEMPLE
717
00:33:34,467 --> 00:33:35,800
AND...
718
00:33:35,833 --> 00:33:40,067
AND MAYBE THIS IS THE BEST PLACE
TO ACTUALLY TELL THE TALE.
719
00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:45,200
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST WESTERN
EXPLORERS TO ACTUALLY TRY
720
00:33:45,233 --> 00:33:47,400
AND SOLVE THE ENIGMA, UH,
721
00:33:47,433 --> 00:33:50,400
WAS WARREN FROM THE PALESTINIAN
EXPLORATION FUND.
722
00:33:50,433 --> 00:33:54,667
HE WAS HERE IN THE LAST PART
OF THE 19th CENTURY,
723
00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,667
AND HE DID NOT HAVE THE FUNDS
724
00:33:57,700 --> 00:34:00,933
OR THE ABILITY
TO DIG THE ENTIRE TUNNELS.
725
00:34:00,967 --> 00:34:03,567
I'M SURE HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO,
BUT HE COULDN'T.
726
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:08,333
AND WHAT HE DID... DECIDED
TO DO IS TO MAKE TWO SHAFTS
727
00:34:08,367 --> 00:34:10,400
AND PRAY THAT THOSE SHAFTS
728
00:34:10,433 --> 00:34:13,467
ARE GOING TO HIT
WHAT HE WAS SEARCHING FOR
729
00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:18,066
OR AT LEAST HELP HIM SOLVE
PART OF, UH, THE STORY
730
00:34:18,067 --> 00:34:22,067
AND PUT SOME OF THE PIECES
OF THE PUZZLE IN THEIR PLACE.
731
00:34:22,100 --> 00:34:29,433
AND IF THE INFORMATION
ABOUT THE SUBTERRANEAN VAULT
732
00:34:29,467 --> 00:34:32,167
THAT WAS BUILT
BY KING SOLOMON...
733
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:36,767
IF THERE IS ANY GRAIN
OF TRUTH IN IT,
734
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:41,967
SO HE MAY BE AS CLOSE
AS POSSIBLE...
735
00:34:42,067 --> 00:34:43,367
AND UP UNTIL THEN,
736
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,300
POSSIBLY THE ONLY WESTERNER
WHO HAS COME THAT CLOSE
737
00:34:47,333 --> 00:34:54,067
TO WHERE THE TREASURES
OF THE TEMPLE MOUNT WERE HIDDEN.
738
00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,200
MANY JEWS BELIEVE
THAT THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
739
00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:02,933
AND THE OTHER SACRED TREASURES
740
00:35:02,967 --> 00:35:05,200
ARE STILL BURIED
IN A SECURE CHAMBER
741
00:35:05,233 --> 00:35:07,767
SOMEWHERE BENEATH TEMPLE MOUNT.
742
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,066
THIS WAS EVIDENCED IN 1982,
743
00:35:10,067 --> 00:35:13,900
WHEN A GROUP OF ULTRA-ORTHODOX
RABBIS LED BY RABBI GOETZ
744
00:35:13,933 --> 00:35:16,600
ACTUALLY TRIED TO BREAK
THROUGH WARREN'S GATE
745
00:35:16,633 --> 00:35:19,733
TO REACH THE HOLY OF HOLIES
AND WHAT THEY HOPED WOULD BE
746
00:35:19,767 --> 00:35:23,167
THE LAST RESTING PLACE
OF THE TREASURES OF SOLOMON.
747
00:35:27,233 --> 00:35:29,066
BUT ALERTED BY THEIR DRILLING,
748
00:35:29,067 --> 00:35:31,933
THE MUSLIM AUTHORITIES
IN THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE ABOVE
749
00:35:31,967 --> 00:35:33,200
REACTED QUICKLY,
750
00:35:33,233 --> 00:35:34,700
AND THE RABBIS WERE STOPPED
751
00:35:34,733 --> 00:35:36,933
BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE
TO REACH ANY TREASURE
752
00:35:36,967 --> 00:35:39,200
AND START A MAJOR CONFLICT.
753
00:35:42,567 --> 00:35:46,533
Theakston: HOW CLOSE DID
RABBI GOETZ GET TO THE VAULT?
754
00:35:46,567 --> 00:35:47,667
I THINK HE WAS...
755
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:51,733
IF... IF THE CHAMBER
WAS ACTUALLY THERE,
756
00:35:51,767 --> 00:35:56,933
HE WAS WITHIN A FEW METERS
OF IT.
757
00:35:56,967 --> 00:36:04,700
HE CAME 4 METERS FROM WHERE
HE THOUGHT THE CHAMBER WAS
758
00:36:04,733 --> 00:36:06,467
AND 4 METERS
759
00:36:06,500 --> 00:36:12,200
BELOW WHAT WAS THE HOLY OF HOLY
IN KING SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.
760
00:36:12,233 --> 00:36:14,767
SO HE CAME THAT CLOSE?
HE CAME...
761
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:15,767
4 METERS AWAY.
762
00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:18,100
THAT CLOSE.
763
00:36:18,133 --> 00:36:21,300
JERUSALEM IS A FASCINATING PLACE
FOR ARCHAEOLOGISTS
764
00:36:21,333 --> 00:36:24,333
BECAUSE NEW DISCOVERIES
ARE MADE NEARLY EVERY WEEK.
765
00:36:24,367 --> 00:36:27,867
SHIMON GIBSON CALLED JAMIE TO
SHOW HIM AN ANCIENT WATER POOL
766
00:36:27,900 --> 00:36:30,767
AND SLUICE TUNNEL IN THE GARDENS
OF A MEDIEVAL CHURCH
767
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,900
IN THE OLD CITY.
768
00:36:32,933 --> 00:36:36,100
SHIMON BELIEVES THAT IT WAS
HIDDEN PASSAGES LIKE THESE
769
00:36:36,133 --> 00:36:37,833
THAT THE PRIESTS COULD HAVE USED
770
00:36:37,867 --> 00:36:42,467
TO MOVE AND HIDE TREASURES
BEFORE THE ROMANS ATTACKED.
771
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:46,300
SO, JAMIE, THIS IS
WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU...
772
00:36:46,333 --> 00:36:48,167
UM, THE BETHESDA POOL.
773
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,900
YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE
SOME ANCIENT STEPS THERE.
774
00:36:50,933 --> 00:36:53,067
SHALL WE GO DOWN
AND HAVE A LOOK?
775
00:36:57,733 --> 00:37:00,200
LIKE MANY OF THE ANCIENT SITES
IN THE CITY
776
00:37:00,233 --> 00:37:03,833
NOT OPEN TO TOURISTS, ACCESS
CAN BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT.
777
00:37:03,867 --> 00:37:06,967
IN THIS CASE, IT WAS A CLIMB
DOWN A STEEP METAL LADDER
778
00:37:07,067 --> 00:37:10,733
INTO THE REMAINS OF THE
1st CENTURY BETHESDA WATER POOL.
779
00:37:13,767 --> 00:37:16,500
OKAY, SO,
THIS IS THE BETHESDA POOL.
780
00:37:16,533 --> 00:37:18,133
AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE
781
00:37:18,167 --> 00:37:23,133
ARE THE ORIGINAL STEPS,
WHICH DATE BACK 2,000 YEARS.
782
00:37:23,167 --> 00:37:28,600
UH, YOU HAVE FLIGHTS OF STEP
AND, UH, LANDINGS IN BETWEEN.
783
00:37:28,633 --> 00:37:30,100
AND THAT'S VERY TYPICAL.
784
00:37:30,133 --> 00:37:33,600
SO, THOSE WHO CAME INTO
THE POOL COULD BATHE HERE.
785
00:37:33,633 --> 00:37:35,133
BUT THOSE WHO WERE INVALIDS
786
00:37:35,167 --> 00:37:38,567
AND WHO COULDN'T REALLY
MASTER THESE STEPS,
787
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:40,467
THEY WERE ABLE
TO BE BROUGHT IN ON BEDS.
788
00:37:40,500 --> 00:37:43,767
AND THESE LANDINGS, THEN,
WERE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
789
00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:46,800
AND ONE OF THE GOSPELS
TALKS ABOUT JESUS HEALING...
790
00:37:46,833 --> 00:37:48,100
EXACTLY.
AN INVALID IN IT.
791
00:37:48,133 --> 00:37:51,267
THIS IS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,
CHAPTER FIVE,
792
00:37:51,300 --> 00:37:53,433
WHERE THERE'S, UH,
THE STORY OF A JESUS
793
00:37:53,467 --> 00:37:54,800
WHO COMES INTO THE POOL
794
00:37:54,833 --> 00:37:57,467
AND HELPS THIS INVALID
AND CURES THIS INVALID.
795
00:37:57,500 --> 00:38:00,633
AND THERE'S ALSO REFERENCE
TO THE MURMURING ON THE WATERS,
796
00:38:00,667 --> 00:38:02,367
AND, YOU KNOW,
THIS IS UNCLEAR.
797
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,867
SOME HAVE THOUGHT
MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING
798
00:38:04,900 --> 00:38:07,533
WHICH IS ADDED A LITTLE LATER
INTO THE ORIGINAL TEXT.
799
00:38:07,567 --> 00:38:10,233
BUT EUSEBIUS ALSO TALKS
ABOUT SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR.
800
00:38:10,267 --> 00:38:13,200
HE TALKS ABOUT THE BUBBLING
OF THE WATER.
801
00:38:16,233 --> 00:38:18,867
JAMIE BATTLES THE ELEMENTS
AND THE CLOCK
802
00:38:18,900 --> 00:38:21,867
TO TRY AND CHECK OUT
A 3,000-YEAR-OLD TUNNEL
803
00:38:21,900 --> 00:38:23,567
THAT MIGHT LEAD INTO THE HEART
804
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,967
OF THE RUINS
OF THE OLD TEMPLE OF JERUSALEM,
805
00:38:26,067 --> 00:38:29,100
AND FINALLY, SOME ANSWERS
TO THIS GREAT MYSTERY
806
00:38:29,133 --> 00:38:31,900
WHEN "FORBIDDEN HISTORY"
RETURNS.
807
00:38:35,967 --> 00:38:37,367
Narrator:
JOURNALIST JAMIE THEAKSTON
808
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:40,567
IS ON THE HUNT FOR THE GREAT
TREASURES OF KING SOLOMON,
809
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,400
WHICH DISAPPEARED
FROM THE TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM
810
00:38:42,433 --> 00:38:45,066
OVER 2,000 YEARS AGO.
811
00:38:45,067 --> 00:38:47,467
HIS SEARCH HAS TAKEN HIM
DOWN INTO THE LABYRINTH
812
00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:49,700
OF CAVES AND TUNNELS
BENEATH THE CITY
813
00:38:49,733 --> 00:38:52,900
AND INTO THE OLD SOUKS,
MEETING THE RELIC DEALERS.
814
00:38:52,933 --> 00:38:56,067
SO FAR, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN
ANY CREDIBLE LEADS.
815
00:38:56,100 --> 00:38:58,600
BUT LOCAL ARCHAEOLOGIST
SHIMON GIBSON
816
00:38:58,633 --> 00:39:01,500
HAS FOUND
A 3,000-YEAR-OLD WATER TUNNEL
817
00:39:01,533 --> 00:39:04,500
THAT MIGHT JUST LEAD THEM
INTO THE ANCIENT RUINS
818
00:39:04,533 --> 00:39:07,267
OF THE OLD TEMPLE
OF JERUSALEM ITSELF.
819
00:39:15,567 --> 00:39:17,109
AND THERE'S A TUNNEL
DOWN HERE, IS THERE?
820
00:39:17,133 --> 00:39:19,100
EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT
I WANT TO SHOW YOU.
821
00:39:19,133 --> 00:39:20,300
SO LET'S GO
AND CHECK IT OUT.
822
00:39:20,333 --> 00:39:21,833
I SEE IT'S,
UH... IT'S UNDERWATER.
823
00:39:21,867 --> 00:39:24,567
I MEAN, I WASN'T EXPECTING
SO MUCH WATER HERE, BUT LET'S...
824
00:39:24,600 --> 00:39:26,167
LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
825
00:39:32,333 --> 00:39:34,167
YEAH.
826
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:37,400
THIS IS THE TUNNEL WHICH
EXTENDS BETWEEN THE TWO POOLS.
827
00:39:37,433 --> 00:39:40,067
THERE WAS KIND
OF SORT OF SLUICE SYSTEM,
828
00:39:40,100 --> 00:39:41,367
WHICH MEANT THAT,
829
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,333
WHEN THEY WANTED WATER
FROM THE NORTHERN POOL,
830
00:39:43,367 --> 00:39:44,833
THEY WOULD LIFT UP
THE SLUICE GATE,
831
00:39:44,867 --> 00:39:48,667
AND THEN THE WATER WOULD COME
RUSHING INTO THIS, UH, POOL.
832
00:39:48,700 --> 00:39:50,933
AND THEN, FOR THOSE
WHO WANTED TO BATHE HERE...
833
00:39:50,967 --> 00:39:52,367
THIS WAS
FOR PURIFICATION PURPOSES
834
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:55,167
SO THEY COULD ENTER
INTO THE TEMPLE... WOULD DO SO.
835
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,900
BUT, UH, I CAN SEE IT'S ALL SORT
OF NOW SORT OF UNDERWATER.
836
00:39:58,933 --> 00:40:00,133
AND AT THE BOTTOM HERE,
837
00:40:00,167 --> 00:40:01,676
YOU SEE THERE'S A KIND
OF STONE THERE...
838
00:40:01,700 --> 00:40:03,167
YEAH.
UNDER WATER.
839
00:40:03,200 --> 00:40:06,067
THAT'S THE TOP OF A TUNNEL
WHICH EXTENDS UNDER OUR FEET
840
00:40:06,100 --> 00:40:08,800
ALL THE WAY
IN THAT DIRECTION TO THE TEMPLE.
841
00:40:08,833 --> 00:40:10,233
AND THAT'S
FOR THE SURPLUS WATER.
842
00:40:10,267 --> 00:40:11,343
SO IF THEY HAD TOO MUCH WATER,
843
00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:13,533
THEY COULD
EASILY DRAIN IT AWAY.
844
00:40:13,567 --> 00:40:14,633
UH, BUT IT'S UNDERWATER.
845
00:40:14,667 --> 00:40:16,433
SO...
IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN...
846
00:40:16,467 --> 00:40:18,076
WELL, WE CAN GO
AND HAVE A LOOK AT THE TUNNEL,
847
00:40:18,100 --> 00:40:20,033
AT THE UPPER TUNNEL.
848
00:40:24,233 --> 00:40:25,800
CAN YOU GRAB THE END?
YEAH.
849
00:40:25,833 --> 00:40:27,400
I GOT IT. OKAY.
850
00:40:27,433 --> 00:40:28,633
LET ME SEE IF I CAN...
CAREFUL.
851
00:40:29,833 --> 00:40:31,033
[ GRUNTS ] OKAY.
852
00:40:31,067 --> 00:40:33,033
LET'S SEE
IF WE CAN SWIVEL IT OVER A BIT.
853
00:40:33,067 --> 00:40:35,133
THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S IT.
854
00:40:35,167 --> 00:40:36,467
IS THAT SAFE?
855
00:40:36,500 --> 00:40:37,600
UH...
856
00:40:37,633 --> 00:40:38,767
IT'S SINKING RAPIDLY,
857
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,833
BUT LET'S SEE
IF WE CAN GET IN.
858
00:40:41,867 --> 00:40:43,167
OKAY.
LET'S... LET'S GO IN
859
00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:45,100
AND SEE WHAT WE CAN SEE.
SURE.
860
00:40:45,133 --> 00:40:46,700
YOU OKAY?
861
00:40:46,733 --> 00:40:48,033
YEAH.
862
00:40:53,767 --> 00:40:54,733
YOU IN?
863
00:40:54,767 --> 00:40:56,167
I'M IN.
864
00:40:58,500 --> 00:41:00,343
WHAT CAN WE SEE THERE?
OKAY. YOU SEE THE TUNNEL.
865
00:41:00,367 --> 00:41:04,367
IT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY
INTO THE... THE OTHER POOL,
866
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,967
BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
867
00:41:06,067 --> 00:41:08,400
IT'S FULL OF SOIL,
AND, UH...
868
00:41:08,433 --> 00:41:10,800
WELL, YEAH,
BUT I'M JUST CONCERNED
869
00:41:10,833 --> 00:41:11,943
IT'S GONNA GIVE WAY
ANY MINUTE.
870
00:41:11,967 --> 00:41:13,066
NO.
I THINK IT'LL BE OKAY.
871
00:41:13,067 --> 00:41:14,700
YOU CAN COME IN.
872
00:41:14,733 --> 00:41:16,267
IT'S QUITE STRONG.
873
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:20,933
OKAY.
DO YOU SEE? THERE'S NO...
874
00:41:20,967 --> 00:41:22,066
IT'S... IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
YEAH.
875
00:41:22,067 --> 00:41:23,733
IT'S NOT POSSIBLE
TO GET TO...
876
00:41:23,767 --> 00:41:24,900
COMPLETELY FLOODED, RIGHT?
877
00:41:24,933 --> 00:41:26,133
YEAH.
OKAY.
878
00:41:26,167 --> 00:41:27,776
SO WE HAVE TO GIVE UP...
OH, THAT'S A SHAME.
879
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:30,167
THAT IDEA OF GETTING
INTO THAT TUNNEL.
880
00:41:36,433 --> 00:41:39,500
ALTHOUGH SHIMON HAD HIGH HOPES
THAT THE WATER CHANNEL
881
00:41:39,533 --> 00:41:42,600
MIGHT HAVE PROVIDED A CONCEALED
ROUTE TO THE UNDERGROUND REMAINS
882
00:41:42,633 --> 00:41:44,066
OF THE TEMPLE,
883
00:41:44,067 --> 00:41:46,967
RECENT RAIN IN THE CITY HAD
TOTALLY FLOODED THE ENTRANCE.
884
00:41:47,067 --> 00:41:50,700
AND THERE WAS JUST NO SAFE WAY
FOR THEM TO ENTER AT THAT TIME.
885
00:41:55,733 --> 00:41:59,233
BUT A FEW DAYS LATER, AFTER MOST
OF THE WATER HAD SUBSIDED,
886
00:41:59,267 --> 00:42:02,467
SHIMON WAS ABLE TO GET
DOWN THE NARROW PASSAGE.
887
00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:05,833
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE SO MANY
TUNNELS UNDER JERUSALEM,
888
00:42:05,867 --> 00:42:08,967
IT HAD COLLAPSED WELL SHORT
OF TEMPLE MOUNT
889
00:42:09,067 --> 00:42:10,767
AND WAS A DEAD END.
890
00:42:13,500 --> 00:42:17,067
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OLD CITY
AND THE DOME OF THE ROCK TODAY,
891
00:42:17,100 --> 00:42:19,600
DIGGING UNDER IT
SEEMS SUCH A STRAIGHTFORWARD
892
00:42:19,633 --> 00:42:21,267
AND ENTICING PROSPECT.
893
00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:24,267
BUT THE REALITY
IS FAR FROM THAT.
894
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:25,409
Theakston:
DO YOU THINK THAT THERE
895
00:42:25,433 --> 00:42:27,833
IS STILL TREASURE THERE TODAY?
896
00:42:27,867 --> 00:42:29,676
Howells: I THINK THERE IS STILL
TREASURE IN THE WORLD
897
00:42:29,700 --> 00:42:31,700
THAT BELONGED
TO THE FIRST TEMPLE.
898
00:42:31,733 --> 00:42:32,867
I THINK THAT IT SURVIVED.
899
00:42:32,900 --> 00:42:35,533
I DOUBT
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MELTED DOWN.
900
00:42:35,567 --> 00:42:38,533
UM, I THINK SOME OF IT
STILL MAY BE IN JERUSALEM.
901
00:42:38,567 --> 00:42:40,400
IT'S VERY HARD
TO EXCAVATE JERUSALEM.
902
00:42:40,433 --> 00:42:42,376
THEY WON'T LET...
IT'S VERY HARD TO GET PERMISSION
903
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,567
TO DO ANY KIND OF ANY KIND
OF HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY THERE.
904
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,633
Barkay: THE TEMPLE MOUNT I SEE
IS, UH, VERY MUCH POLITICIZED.
905
00:42:49,667 --> 00:42:53,067
AND, UH, AS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST,
906
00:42:53,100 --> 00:42:56,500
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE
FREE ACCESS, UH, TO SUCH PLACES.
907
00:42:56,533 --> 00:43:00,267
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, UH,
IN JERUSALEM,
908
00:43:00,300 --> 00:43:02,200
AS A RESULT OF THE DIFFICULTIES,
909
00:43:02,233 --> 00:43:03,767
THERE IS NEVER A DULL MOMENT.
910
00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,433
IT MAKES LIFE INTERESTING.
911
00:43:06,467 --> 00:43:08,066
Gibson: ARCHAEOLOGICAL
EXCAVATIONS IN JERUSALEM
912
00:43:08,067 --> 00:43:11,066
BY ISRAELIS
ARE FROWNED UPON, UH,
913
00:43:11,067 --> 00:43:13,600
SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS
AN OCCUPIED CITY
914
00:43:13,633 --> 00:43:15,733
FOR MUCH OF THE WORLD.
915
00:43:15,767 --> 00:43:17,233
AS A RESULT OF ALL OF THAT,
916
00:43:17,267 --> 00:43:20,967
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS,
INSTITUTIONS
917
00:43:21,067 --> 00:43:23,267
THAT DEAL WITH ARCHAEOLOGY
ARE NOT DIGGING HERE,
918
00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:25,767
WHICH IS A GREAT PITY.
919
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:27,667
Theakston: DO YOU THINK
THERE IS STILL TREASURE
920
00:43:27,700 --> 00:43:29,533
BURIED UNDER JERUSALEM TODAY?
921
00:43:29,567 --> 00:43:31,433
Fanthorpe:
I MOST CERTAINLY DO.
922
00:43:31,467 --> 00:43:35,300
I THINK THAT WHEN SOMEBODY
WITH THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON,
923
00:43:35,333 --> 00:43:36,833
IN THE TRADITION,
924
00:43:36,867 --> 00:43:38,267
PLACED A STORE
925
00:43:38,300 --> 00:43:43,133
OF WEALTH AND OF OBJECTS
OF GREAT POWER AND IMPORTANCE
926
00:43:43,167 --> 00:43:45,767
IN THOSE UNDERGROUND CAVES
927
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,967
WAY DOWN BELOW
THE DOME OF THE ROCK,
928
00:43:49,067 --> 00:43:52,667
THEN YOU HIDE YOUR TREASURE
IN MORE THAN ONE PLACE.
929
00:43:52,700 --> 00:43:54,867
AND I THINK
THERE COULD WELL BE TWO,
930
00:43:54,900 --> 00:43:58,333
THREE, FOUR MORE STASHES
OF TREASURE
931
00:43:58,367 --> 00:44:03,133
DOWN THERE IN THOSE CAVES
UNDER THE DOME OF THE ROCK.
932
00:44:04,667 --> 00:44:07,667
Narrator: THE IDEA THAT
THERE ARE TREASURES, RELICS,
933
00:44:07,700 --> 00:44:11,933
AND EVEN IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
STILL BURIED UNDER JERUSALEM,
934
00:44:11,967 --> 00:44:13,700
WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED,
935
00:44:13,733 --> 00:44:17,067
HAS CAPTIVATED THOSE
WHO VISITED THIS ANCIENT CITADEL
936
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:19,500
FOR OVER TWO MILLENNIA.
937
00:44:19,533 --> 00:44:21,600
SO, WILL IT EVER BE FOUND?
938
00:44:21,633 --> 00:44:23,233
IN THE CURRENT
POLITICAL CLIMATE,
939
00:44:23,267 --> 00:44:26,667
IT'S HARD TO SEE ANY MAJOR
EXCAVATIONS TAKING PLACE.
940
00:44:26,700 --> 00:44:29,800
SO WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT,
ONE DAY IN THE FUTURE,
941
00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:34,567
THIS HOLY CITY WILL FINALLY
RELEASE HER LONG-HELD SECRETS.
72931
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