Topic: 5,000-Year-Old Settlement Plus Early Temple Uncovered in Israel

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5,000-Year-Old Settlement Plus Early Temple Uncovered in Israel
 

<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/5%2C000-Year-Old-Settlement.jpg?itok=GPH4dkWZ"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/5%2C000-Year-Old-Settlement.jpg?itok=GPH4dkWZ" width="610" height="343" alt="Aerial view of the excavation at Hurvat Husham, which revealed an early temple and settlement ." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>Archaeologists working in Israel have discovered a 5,000-year-old settlement at Hurvat Husham, near Beit Shemesh, as a prelude to the expansion of Beit Shemesh’s western industrial area. What they found, instead, was a beautiful Early Bronze Age structure dating to the 4th millennium BC, that was likely a temple or ritual center. Within the settlement, a large hall, with nearly 40 intact ritual vessels, were all preserved in the exact positions where they were likely left thousands of years ago.</p>
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<li>Archaeologists Discover a 3,200-Year-Old Pagan Ritual Hall in Israel</li>
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<h2>Public Function: Open-Air Communitarian Ritualism?</h2>
<p>The vessels, small and well-preserved, clearly weren’t designated for everyday purposes, likely having specific symbolic or ceremonial roles. This discovery, led by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), is providing a fresh lens into the dawn of urbanization in one of humanity’s historically richest regions, reports <a href="https://www.iaa.org.il/page_news/page/????-? ?-???-??-??-?-??--???-???-???-? ?-??? ?-??-??-??-?-???-???-???-??-??-?-??-??-??-?--5000-?? ?--??-?" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">a press release[/url] by IAA.</p>
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