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The Buried History of the World\u2019s Most Contested City<\/h3>\n

Andrew Lawler, Author<\/em><\/h4>\n

\"\"Journalist and Asheville resident Andrew Lawler visited Jerusalem several times before he learned how vast was the subterranean world of tunnels, caves, cisterns and other spaces beneath the ancient city. \u201cIn one case, the little grocery store I visited in the Old City\u2019s Christian Quarter\u2014where I usually stayed\u2014turned out to have a massive Crusader hall accessible through a hatch in the potato chip aisle,\u201d Lawler says. In his latest book, Under Jerusalem<\/em>, Lawler delves into the last 150 years of archaeological history in the city, interviewing archaeologists, residents and scholars.<\/p>\n

The storied city attracts its share of eccentric characters. \u201cMy favorite was the British aristocrat who arrived a century ago with a big team of psychics and poets that lacked only an archaeologist,\u201d Lawler says. \u201cHe sought the Ark of the Covenant, and bribed a guard to dig at the holiest Muslim site in the city\u2014and nearly did not make it out of Jerusalem alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides the explorers and artifacts, however, are the difficulties reflected in the superlative of the book\u2019s title, and, Lawler says, exploration is not likely to soften, any time soon, animosities among the Jews, Muslims and Christians who each claim Jerusalem as their own. \u201cBut science does provide an alternative story that allows for an appreciation of Jerusalem\u2019s incredible richness,\u201d he says. \u201cThat could, someday, serve as the basis for a new and more peaceful way of viewing the world\u2019s most contested city.\u201d<\/p>\n

Under Jerusalem: The Buried History of the World\u2019s Most Contested City, November, 2021, history, hardcover, $32.50, by Andrew Lawler, and published by Doubleday, NY, NY. Find the book at regional bookstores including City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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