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Canaanite finds from Megiddo Hill (courtesy of Megiddo Archaeological Expedition)

Researchers have analyzed the genetics of the Canaanites and its relationship to modern populations such as Jews, Palestinians and Bedouins

The DNA analysis showed that the Canaanites were created from the mixing of populations that migrated to the southern Levant mainly from the Caucasus region (or western Iran) with ancient local populations that stayed there, a process that lasted at least 1,000 years
The gate looking at. Photo by Emil Algam, Antiquities Authority.

In Kiryat Gat, the oldest gate in Israel was discovered

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In an excavation by the Antiquities Authority prior to the construction of a Mekorot company water line in the Kiryat Gat area, an ancient gate was discovered, approximately 5,500 years old * This gate was part of the fortification system of one of the most important mounds for understanding the beginning of urbanization
The dolmen is 4,000 years old this year. Photo: Gonen Sharon, Tel Hai Academic College.

A rare ancient and mysterious over 4,000-year-old dolmen decorated with ancient rock art has been uncovered

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A typical Early Bronze Age jug. He was discovered buried under the floor of a building. Photo: Dr. Ron Barry, courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority

The remains of a 10,000-year-old city were discovered in rescue excavations during the widening of a road in the lowlands

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In a unique community excavation and the largest in Israel to date, researchers from the University of Haifa together with school students from the area of ​​the Menashe Regional Council are uncovering Tel-Assor, a Canaanite settlement from the Bronze Age

The largest community archaeological excavation in Israel brought hundreds of XNUMXth graders out of their classrooms and into the excavation of the past

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Prof. Wayne Horowitz (right) and Dr. Eilat Mazar from the Hebrew University hold the part of the tablet that was revealed. (Photo: Sashon Tiram)

The first letter from Jerusalem: researchers from the Hebrew University discovered the oldest document written in Jerusalem

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