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Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lost-jewish-city-discovered-underneath-israeli-army-base-1641227

Lost Jewish City Discovered Underneath Israeli Army Base

(International Business Times-UK) Aristos Georgiou - Archaeologists digging under the old parade grounds of a disused IDF training base near the town of Beit El in the West Bank uncovered a Jewish city dating back to the First Temple period (960-568 BCE), Yediot Ahronot reported. "The findings are amazing," said archaeologist Yevgeny Aharonovitch. "We found keys for doors that were intended for housing units, we found tools that were used by Jews, and seal types belonging to the [Jewish] period." The city was probably destroyed in a great earthquake near the end of the 8th century CE, he said.

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