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Analysis of Fingerprints on Ceramics From Tel Burna, From the Late Bronze Age, Finds Chiefly Those of Young Women and Kids. And, Possibly, Some Disenfranchised Men

A Lion’s Toe Bone and Piece of Leopard Jaw Were Found at Tel Burna, Identified as the Biblical Town of Libnah – Which Is One of Many Near Eastern Sites Featuring Big Cat Remains. Giant-slayer David Claimed to Have Slain a Lion, but Could He Have?

New tourism initiatives recruit vacationers to volunteer for archaeological excavations.

The relic, which is just about the size of a postage stamp, ended up an ocean away from Israel in unclear circumstances.

Agriculture at Tel Burna went from olive oil and wine production to grains possibly after Assyrian King Sennacherib destroyed Judean cities.

Archaeology aims to answer our questions about the past and, with any luck, give us some perspective on our present and future. But sometimes, artifacts