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Mysterious hand print found in wall of ancient Jerusalem moat


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57 minutes ago, Robotic Jew said:

Sorry. I did that. I didn't realize it was still wet.

Oh, I get it now and that makes BETTER sense because I thought you were HANDY MAN!!!!!!!!:D

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3 hours ago, UM-Bot said:

Archaeologists discovered the enigmatic hand print during excavation work of the city's historic fortifications.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/363489/mysterious-hand-print-found-in-wall-of-ancient-jerusalem-moat

Here are two additional article's that could be helpful because they appear to have more information hope this helps:

Mysterious handprint found in 1,000-year-old Jerusalem defensive moat: Mysterious handprint found in 1,000-year-old Jerusalem defensive moat | The Times of Israel

Bizarre handprint on historic moat in Jerusalem at the centre of experts' 'prank' probe: Bizarre handprint on historic moat in Jerusalem at the centre of experts' 'prank' probe | Science | News | Express.co.uk

 

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14 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

Here are two additional article's that could be helpful because they appear to have more information hope this helps:

Mysterious handprint found in 1,000-year-old Jerusalem defensive moat: Mysterious handprint found in 1,000-year-old Jerusalem defensive moat | The Times of Israel

Bizarre handprint on historic moat in Jerusalem at the centre of experts' 'prank' probe: Bizarre handprint on historic moat in Jerusalem at the centre of experts' 'prank' probe | Science | News | Express.co.uk

 

It's probably the "hand of Fatima". Jerusalem was under Muslim control at the time.

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11 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

It's probably the "hand of Fatima". Jerusalem was under Muslim control at the time.

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I will take your word for it, because I don't know enough about the subject matter of the old or new testaments. My Bible school training ended 52 years ago when I was 12 years. I do think the hand is rather cool, and it would certainly be interesting if the true purpose of the hand could proven, yet I don't believe it ever will be. But, if I had to speculate I believe that it be a identifying mark that was designed to identify the individual who was responsible for building the fortification.

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1 hour ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

I will take your word for it, because I don't know enough about the subject matter of the old or new testaments. My Bible school training ended 52 years ago when I was 12 years. I do think the hand is rather cool, and it would certainly be interesting if the true purpose of the hand could proven, yet I don't believe it ever will be. But, if I had to speculate I believe that it be a identifying mark that was designed to identify the individual who was responsible for building the fortification.

The 'hand of Fatima' has nothing to do with the Old or New Testament. Its a muslim superstituous thing for protection.

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23 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

The 'hand of Fatima' has nothing to do with the Old or New Testament. Its a muslim superstituous thing for protection.

Cool, thanks for the information you seen to know a great deal about Muslim, did you spend time in the Middle east?

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Person #1: Why are you making an imprint of your hand there?

Person #2: I just thought it was fun.

Person #1: I'm sure that will confuse people 1000 years into the future.

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8 hours ago, Grim Reaper 6 said:

Cool, thanks for the information you seen to know a great deal about Muslim, did you spend time in the Middle east?

Heh, no. You don't need to go to the Middle East to know about Muslims. There are several hundreds of thousands living here in the Netherlands.

But I am also interested in Sufism, and so I read a lot about Islam and related things.

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I once got a necklace from a Moroccan woman I was in love with. She was married so that was somewhat of a problem, but one time she went to Morocco on a holiday, and bought this 'hand of Fatima' for me.

 

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Id guess it was some kind of marker. Where if someone was in the moat, and found it, they would know which way to go to find one of the friendly entrances. 

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Looks more like some sort of ape footprint rather than a human hand, mainly due to the lack of a thumb and the elongated “fingers” ?
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Looks more like some sort of ape footprint rather than a human hand, mainly due to the lack of a thumb and the elongated “fingers” ? The small protuberance where the thumb should be is a little small in my opinion to actually be a thumb..
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What could this represent?

Back of the right hand (of the person who impressed it)

Palm of the left hand (of the person who impressed it)

Halt! Stop!

or the Red Hand of Ulster

Right handLeft hand

 

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