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Archaeologists Uncover Israeli Town 2800 Years Old Near Beersheba

December 21, 1962
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An Israelite town dating back to the eighth century ECE was uncovered today near Beersheba. Archaeologists said that the diggers found fragments of an art figure, sherds, cooking and eating utensils, a fireplace and an oven in the site. They said the finds confirmed the town’s crucial importance in the area in the time of King Uzziah.

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