YORK UNIVERSITY: Site of Goliath's home town un unearthed...

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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 November 1999-YORK UNIVERSITY: Site of Goliath's home town unearthed... (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:241199 * York U. Leonard Wolinsky Lectures on Jewish Life and Education to Discuss Politics, Religion, and Archaeology in the Holy Land, Archaeological Dig At Tel Gath, Israel TORONTO -- The history and the archaeology of Israel are wonderfully enhanced -- and at times, complicated -- by the fact that three of the world's religions, Ju Judaism, Christianity and Islam, regard it as holy, while both the Palestinians and Israelis claim it as their homeland.

With this textured backdrop, archaeologists excavating a site must deal with historical reality on one hand, and faith and politics on the other. To examine some of these...