Designing the Biblical Present in Jerusalem’s ‘City of David’

Abstract

In a city where tourist numbers regularly suffer from bleak headlines of political unrest and violence, one set of statistics appears to buck the trend. Just south of Jerusalem’s Old City, the City of David archaeological park has surged from 25,000 visitors in 2001 to 350,000 in 2007. The site has developed from a patchwork of excavation pits into a rapidly expanding archaeological park and religious settlement, becoming established as a major Israeli national monument and one of Jerusalem’s leading tourist attractions. Jerusalem already has more than its fair share of visited and venerated destinations, so we might ask how and why this ‘upstart’ has achieved such prominence for both local Israelis and foreign visitors. And at the same time, we might ask why the park has been rooted in claims of land grabbing and injustice from the other major players in this story, the Palestinians.

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