Dice are the oldest gaming implement known to man. Six-sided die, as the one uncovered in the City of David, dates back to about 2000 BCE
The discovery provides evidence of ties between this region and Egypt in the Chalcolithic period.
"It deserves to be in the right hands, presented to the whole public, and not be the private property of one criminal or another," Inspector Nidal Abdelhalim said.
The lamp Yonatan found is identical to one discovered in the same place 90 years ago by the late Reform rabbi and archaeologist Dr. Nelson Glueck.
This agricultural settlement reached its zenith in the Early Bronze Age, roughly 5,000 years ago.
Erez Abrahamov found the amulet, with a dung beetle image, on a hike in the Lower Galilee.
Dr. Robert Kool: “The rare find contributes information concerning the way trade was carried out."
Reservists discover a perfectly-preserved, 1,500-year-old pottery oil candle in IDF staging area.
Ceramic tiles brought here at the time of the Greek Seleucid king Antiochus IV – of the Hanukkah story – have been discovered in the City of David.
"You really have to choose the finest or the most fragile artifacts," a museum worker said.
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