Ancient Altars

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Scattered across the hills around Jerusalem are strange stone mounds—rugged cairns rising unexpectedly out of the earth. To hikers they look natural… but archaeology has revealed something far more intentional. Some of these mounds are massive—one in today’s Givat Massua neighborhood stands about 26 feet high and 130 feet across—and for years no one could explain their purpose.

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