A modern Tower of Babel in Holy Land. (Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: April 8, 1985| Author: Barnes, John | Copyright information

Shortly before dawn on Good Friday, a battle-tough unit of Israeli soldiers will move quietly through the labyrinth of dark, narrow streets in the Old City to take up positions in and around the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Christianity's most revered shrine.

Along with local police, the force will be on hand to make sure that the Christian sects that maintain the church--traditionally believed to be built on the site where Christ died, was buried and rose from the dead...

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