(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Excavations in the neighborhood of the Jewish colony Rosh Pinah were started by the British Archaeological Society and by the Government Department of Antiquities.
The archaeologists are of the belief that the ancient Canaanite city. Azir, was located in that neighborhood.
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