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The channel Skukron believes was cut to drain blood from the temple sacrifices.

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Close up of the only Jewish stele found in Jerusalem (for biblical references to steles see Gen. 28:18, 31:45, 35:14, Josh. 24:26, 1 Sam. 8:12).

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Shukron believes these grooves in the floor were to stabilze sacrifice tables.

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A room just to the right of the blood channel.

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Remnants of an olive press carved into the bedrock of an ancient temple under the City of David.

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Eli Shukron and Frank Turek outside the Western Wall at the Temple Mount, about 1,000 feet north of the City of David site.

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Eli Shukron (right) reviews details of a temple he discovered 40 feet under the City of David with Bob Cornuke, author of the new book, “Temple.”

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The stele protected by the steel box Shukron had constructed around it.

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Looking across the excavated area. A small section of the drainage channel can be seen between the two steel beams (which were inserted for structural security).