Help: lost our content area portlet (site)

On the "Oracle Portal Navigator" page under the "Content Area" tab someone deleted the "Site" portlet. How do I add the "Site" portlet back to the page?
I clicked on the customize page and tried to find the portlet to add but it is not listed. I then went to the portlet repository to see if it was expired or something but it was not there.
There is a "Content Areas" portlet that lets you select the content area to go to, but the navigate button takes you back to the "Oracle Portal Navigator" page to the "Content Area" tab.
The same thing happens when you go to the Admin section of a site and try to see the categories for that site. I can't edit my categories anymore.
They point to "Oracle Portal Navigator" page showing the "Content Area" tab, which is no longer the site portlet.
Any ideas?
Jeff Dalgliesh
PS I know its called the "Site" portlet because on A DIFFERENT portal server if I click the customize link on the "Oracle Portal Navigator" page under the "Content Area" tab that is the name it shows the Provider is "Oracle Portal" and the portlet is called "Site". IE "Oracle Portal: Site"

We are using 3.0.6.6.5
I tried the query and got the following record
<TABLE border="0" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="background-color:#E0E0D0">
<TR>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >ID</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >PORTLET ID</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >PROVIDER ID</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >PAGE ID</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >REGION ID</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Left" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >NAME</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >SEQ</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Left" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >USER ID</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >INCLUDE</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >CONTENT TYPE</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >CONTAINER ID</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >IS TAB</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Right" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >TIMEOUT</TH>
<TH ALIGN="Left" style="background-color:#C0C0A0" >TIMEOUT MSG</TH>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">44</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">23</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">960254</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">3</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">69</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Left" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">44_SITEEXPLORER_960254</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">2</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Left" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0"><BASE></TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">1</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">1</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">3</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">1</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Right" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">(null)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="Left" valign="TOP" WIDTH="0">(null)</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
The problem is on the nagivator page under the content area tab there is no portlet for manageing the content areas.
Jeff

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