zion are so special. that. for millennia jerusalem has drawn countless generations to the holy mountain . the city is a treasure trove for historians and archaeologists. today it is a divided city hotly contested in the bitter israeli palestinian conflict it seems as though everyone in jerusalem has their own version of history and their own agenda jerusalem is holy to jews christians and muslims alike. think is the city has been a home away from home for data feed veiga. he has been director general of the german protestant institute of archaeology since two thousand and
it and i couldn t believe that she couldn t believe it we talked about it for a long time and then i decided i had to write it down. you know what if i was wrong . i had to research more about the topic and so i wrote a book it s an issue that really concerns me. his latest most popular book is about the israeli palestinian conflict and has been reprinted several times another one of his passions is writing books for children and young adults in the hope of getting them interested in history one of his books has been translated into arabic . when spring comes around fi vega returns to the middle east they stine to the jordanian capital amman the german protestant institute of archaeology has another research center here to feed vega is visiting the georgian archaeological museum in the amman citadel high school students have come to a reading from his book about the tells. the past he paints
settlers stay here. but it s difficult to understand because it goes beyond history as we see it. really here paul. what else would settlers be doing on an archaeological site who are not. jewish settlers use archaeology to support their reading of jerusalem s history. to the whole of the city to feel it s important to stay mindful of the current political situation wherever he is excavating. high up on the mount of olives on the offices of the german protestant institute of archaeology it was founded in one thousand nine hundred by the german protestant community with support from kaiser wilhelm in the second. the institute s founding charter states that its mission is to explore the holy land and its diverse past cultures and religions whatever they learned should then not only be made