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September 20, 2022

A Sealed Cave from the Time of Moses Found Near an Israeli Beach

“A once-in-a-lifetime find.”

At a national park last week, construction workers discovered an underground chamber filled with earthenware vessels and other items, which appear to have remained untouched for some 3,300 years. Eli Yannai, an expert on the Bronze Age with the Israel Antiquities Authority, described it as “a once-in-a-lifetime find” and compared it to “an Indiana Jones set.” Amanda Borschel-Dan writes:

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