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6000-year-old Chalcolithic ivory pot discovered in Israel

6000-year-old Chalcolithic ivory pot discovered in Israel

An excavation near Beersheba in southern Israel has unearthed a jar made of ivory tusks dating to the Chalcolithic period (around 4,000 BC). The find is the first Chalcolithic ivory pot discovered in Israel. Although the jar was initially disassembled, careful restoration work by experts at the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) laboratories enabled it to