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Nearly one kilogram of pure gold has been uncovered by high school students volunteering at an archaeology dig outside of Tel Aviv, Israel, late last year. Two students from a local youth community stumbled upon the buried treasure while helping the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) as part of a Pre-Army Service Year, known as Shnat Sherut. Two students noticed a shimmer of gold peeking through the cracked remains of a small jar in the ground.
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While wearing a shark tooth on a necklace might be common today, our ancestors were wearing jewellery fashioned out of elk teeth. Archaeologist made the conclusion after finding a remote burial ground on the island of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov in Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia.
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The pages of the Bible s Old Testament are rife with tales of kings and queens whose exploits have shaped the history of the Holy Land. In recent years, more and more archaeological discoveries have come to light to show the Bible may be grounded in reality a lot more than people realise. In 2015, for instance, archaeologists unearthed a 2,700-year-old clay seal or bulla of the Biblical king Hezekiah.
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In modern-day Europe’s Early Bronze Age, ancient people were already using metallic pieces as early currency. And new research indicates this nascent form of money was far more sophisticated than first thought.