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Fish bones tell tale of ancient migrants to Sea of Galilee

Fish bones tell tale of ancient migrants to Sea of Galilee
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80-Million-Year-Old Shark Teeth Found in the City Of David, Israel

The teeth showed no signs of having been worn as jewelry, or having been used as tools, but they were found with hundreds of “ bullae,” which were used to seal confidential communications and parcels. The researchers think this indicates a connection with the administrative or governing class. Dr Tuetken says the shark teeth were brought to Jerusalem during “a period of riches in the Judean Court” and his fellow researchers concluded that like the modern market for shark teeth, there seems to have been an “Iron Age trend for collecting such items.” This Squalicorax pristodontus shark tooth was found in the desert of Morocco in 1843 AD but we really don’t know how it may have been valued in the Neolithic period or the Iron Age. Based on the latest study it would seem collection and trading of such rare things wasn’t all that uncommon thousands of years ago. (Parent Géry / 

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