Agricultural implements made from iron were also found in the ruins of the farmstead, including picks and scythes.Image credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
Posted on 05/29/2022 7:00:40 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed the 2,100-year-old remains of a farmstead whose owners likely abandoned it in a hurry, possibly to avoid an impending military invasion...
The excavators discovered ancient, still-intact storage jars at the site, as well as weights for weaving looms on a shelf, suggesting that whoever lived there left them behind when they quickly departed...
The archaeologists don’t know who lived there, but it’s possible they were subjects of the Seleucid Empire who left to escape an invasion of the area by the forces of the Hasmonean Kingdom — an independent Jewish kingdom based in Jerusalem to the south.
"We know from the historical sources, that in this period, the Judean Hasmonean kingdom expanded into the Galilee, and it is possible that the farmstead was abandoned in the wake of these events," Abu-Hamid said.
The team also found agricultural tools, such picks and scythes made from iron, at the site, as well as coins that have been tentatively dated to the second half of the second century B.C...
The excavations have also unearthed traces of a much earlier settlement at the site, including the foundations of buildings and pottery vessels that appear to date to the ninth and 10th centuries B.C. According to The Times of Israel(opens in new tab), the pottery items were initially dated according to their style; meanwhile, organic samples have been sent for carbon-14 dating.
Archaeologists found the ancient farmstead at a site called Horbat Assad, east of the Sea of Galilee, during investigations ahead of a planned $270 million water pipeline from the Mediterranean coast. The new pipeline is part of a desalination project that will deliver freshwater to farmland in Israel and neighboring countries.
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Agricultural implements made from iron were also found in the ruins of the farmstead, including picks and scythes.Image credit: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Must have won PowerBall
Eddie Albert finally relented to Eva Gabor so she could return to the stores, Times Square and the penthouse view. Said a quick goodbye to the fresh air and the land spreadin’ out so far and wide. Sigh.
Looks like my toolbox...
So casual. Why is this so difficult for California to grasp?
Because California is Enlightened. I’m sure Nancy Pelosi could explain it to you.
Maybe it’s owner’s had the plague.
Too Jewish </Blazing Saddles>
Well if that is frozen in time, then it wasn't much at the time. 😋
Because desalination plants use a lot of power and California can't keep the lights on already. They refuse to build more nuclear power plants which would be the obvious answer to their electricity problems.
I have one of those but it is on a long handle. I don’t know where I got it or what it’s used for.
You probably have a ditch knife. It’s used to clean roots and square up the insides of a ditch.
Could be.
Regards,
It’s for slicing up Sassenachs, when you don’t want to get close enough to use the short handled billhook.
There I go, looking for a “like” button again...
(I’m 1/4 Scots and about 5/8 Sassenach, so...)
(other 1/8 is Dutch and “other”)
True Crime: Look hard at the angry boyfriend.
The point of California is to shed massive numbers of people, not to retain them or worse, grow
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