Very few cities are defined as much by their antiquities as Jerusalem: religiously, culturally, politically, and economically. Erasing the Old City, or at least part of it, as suggested variously by Theodor Herzl and David Ben-Gurion, would have been an act difficult to reverse. The ruins of the past are now recognized and protected as the city's most distinct physical and visual attribute, in which past and present landscapes mingle to project the deceitful image of harmony. That said, this paper is not concerned with the usual questions of how certain monuments or artifacts inform us about past accomplishments or lost cultures. It in fact distances itself from the material and visual dimensions of Jerusalem's antiquities and addresses instead the human aspects exclusively, questioning the interaction between those who explore Jerusalem's antiquities and those who dwell amongst the surviving remnants. This polarized encounter between archaeologists and residents has defined most of Silwan's 150 years of excavation, reaching new heights of tension with the escalating geopolitical conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. As a case study, explorations in the City of David (figure 1), demonstrate how professional interests increasingly compromise and indeed violate the needs and rights of those who are most closely tied to, and indeed dependent on, the locus of exploration (Galor 2017, 126–131). Silwanis, both the small minority of Jewish settlers and the predominantly Palestinian population, have been persuaded and largely misguided as to the area's biblical heritage. In contrast, the 1300-years of nearly continuous Islamic presence, is perceived by neither as a legacy, which can be archaeologically explored and publicly validated.

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耶路撒冷：考古学家与居民？

很少有城市像耶路撒冷那样以古迹来定义：宗教、文化、政治和经济。正如西奥多·赫茨尔（Theodor Herzl）和大卫·本-古里安（David Ben-Gurion）所建议的那样，抹去旧城，或者至少是其中的一部分，将是一种难以逆转的行为。过去的废墟现在被认可和保护为这座城市最独特的物理和视觉属性，过去和现在的景观混合在一起，投射出和谐的欺骗性形象。也就是说，本文并不关心某些纪念碑或文物如何告知我们过去的成就或失落的文化的常见问题。事实上，它与耶路撒冷古物的物质和视觉维度保持距离，而是专门针对人类方面，质疑那些探索耶路撒冷古物的人和居住在幸存遗迹中的人之间的互动。考古学家和居民之间的这种两极分化的遭遇定义了 Silwan 150 年的大部分挖掘工作，随着以色列人和巴勒斯坦人之间不断升级的地缘政治冲突达到了新的紧张高度。作为一个案例研究，大卫市的探索（图 1）表明，职业利益如何越来越多地妥协并确实侵犯了那些与探索地点最密切相关并确实依赖于探索地点的人的需求和权利（Galor 2017 , 126–131)。Silwanis 是少数犹太定居者和主要是巴勒斯坦人，他们在该地区的圣经遗产方面被说服并在很大程度上被误导了。相比之下，