(Times of Israel) A 7-year-old boy uncovered a 3,400-year-old figurine during a hiking trip to the Beit She'an Valley in northern Israel. Uri Grinhot was climbing in the area with his friends and parents when he stumbled across the statue at the Tel Rehov archaeological site, the Walla news website reported Thursday. Amihai Mazar, professor emeritus at Hebrew University and head of archaeological excavations at Tel Rehov, said the statue is "typical of Canaanite culture from the 15th to 13th centuries BCE."
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