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The 2,500 year-old shard, which archaeologists refer to as an ostracon, is the first discovery of an inscription bearing Darius the Great’s name anywhere in the Land of Israel.
Eylon Levy, international media adviser to President Isaac Herzog, finds ostracon at Tel Lachish with the first-ever reference in Israel to the name of Persian king Darius I