6,000-year-old copper fishing hook discovered in Ashkelon

In yet another startling archeological discovery in Israel, a 6,000-year-old copper fishhook— one of the oldest known in the world—possibly for fishing sharks or very large fish, was discovered in the Israel Antiquity Authority (IAA) excavations carried out before the construction of the new Agamim neighborhood in Ashkelon in 2018. The find was only first […]

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