Archeologists discover 8,000-year-old building in Tel Aviv

[Adsos Letter]

Source: Haaretz.com
By Haaretz Service

Remains of a prehistoric building, the earliest ever discovered in the Tel Aviv region and estimated to be between 7,800 and 8,400 years old, were recently discovered in an archaeological excavation in Ramat Aviv.

Ancient artifacts thought to be 13,000 and 100,000 years old were also discovered there.

Archaeologist Ayelet Dayan, director of the excavation on behalf of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said that "this discovery is both important and surprising to researchers of the period. For the first time we have encountered evidence of a permanent habitation that existed in the Tel Aviv region 8,000 years ago."

"The site is located on the northern bank of the Yarkon River, not far from the confluence with Nahal Ayalon. We can assume that this fact influenced the ancient settlers in choosing a place to live. The fertile alluvium soil along the fringes of the streams was considered a preferred location for a settlement in ancient periods," she said.

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1141836.html

[izquierdista]

1. Bulldozers were dispatched

to clear the area for new settlements.

[Bolo Boffin]

2. LOL

The other story about a coin cache being found by Palestinian "archeologists" near the tunnels is just as rife for these kind of jokes.

[proteus_lives]

14. It's in Tel Aviv.

Hamas or Hezbollah rockets/bombers is more a more accurate joke.

[aquart]

3. I wonder if they've analyzed the percentage of drenching blood in the soil

over the millenniums?

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. A very serious answer, (and I know you meant it as sarcasm)

the only perhaps evidence of blood ever found by archeologists was on an Aztec relic that goes back just about the Spanish Conquest. It was a sacrificial stone and the remains of blood were very faint.

:-)

If they were able to... it is not just that strategic piece of real estate that would be drenched. There are a couple others....

:hi:

[aquart]

6. No, I did not mean it as sarcasm.

I wondered if there were traces in the soil, maybe a preponderance of iron. Aztec was pretty recent. I guess it breaks up after a thousand years.

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. It does or it is absobed by plant life, and ahem recycled.

[DRoseDARs]

5. Why do you think there are so many date trees in the ME region? They don't fertilize themselves.

*Ba-dump-bump*

[winyanstaz]

7. And what will be done if it is found out the building isnt jewish?

I hope they dont bulldoze it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. The Antiquities authority will not do that

has the stoopid spread? Serious.

On the other hand, you can almost bet on archeologists from a few countries almost falling from all over to research this.

This is NOT the US, where history is bulldozed regularly. Yes we could learn from a panoply of countries and create a FEDERAL Antiquities authority funded by oh the State.

[winyanstaz]

18. I only supposed it would be bulldozed if it was discovered it wasnt jewish...

because of all the news we see all the time about bulldozers being used on non jewish homes.
It is not nice to imply I am stupid because I read the news and watch the films of bulldozers wrecking non jewish homes and even running over non jews.
If you dont want people thinking bulldozers are used against anything non-jewish..you need to stop bulldozing Palistinian homes and olive trees. Just saying...

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. You are the one inserting poltics where they do not belong

I guess the first case that had human habitation has also been filled, I mean that goes back to oh 100,000 or so years in the past. Trust me, that cave, a treasure of HUMAN HISTORY AND EVOLUTION, was NOT inhabited by Jews... well before Jews even came into any kind of oh history.

:sarcasm:

And it is NOT me giving the orders. Are you implying that?

Yes the stoopid has spread.

[winyanstaz]

20. "And it is NOT me giving the orders. Are you implying that?"

I have some news for you..
The world doesnt revolve around you
and niether do my posts.

Yes the stupid has spread alright...too bad you cant get some kind of a shot for that yet. Maybe you would learn to spell.

[Behind the Aegis]

8. An interesting discovery...

...marred by bigoted posts.

[Divine Discontent]

10. I agree, it didn't need to go off on that tangent. We know of the probs. Let's talk the discovery.

It is cool what they unearth. I think we'd really freak out if we could see everything that is under stone and dirt - especially things in Israel.

[Behind the Aegis]

11. It would be interesting....

...as would places in China and middle Africa. There have to be some amazing things which have survived the ravages of time.

Sadly, bigotry has also survived the ravages of time and is partly responsible for those ravages, and continues its path.

[Norrin Radd]

9. Yet another of John McCain's houses?

[PearliePoo2]

12. I wonder when Sarah WolfKiller's Facebook author

will weigh in disputing this find as an impossible "farce"?
After all, everyone knows the earth is only 6,000 years old. You betcha too also!

[MineralMan]

13. Classic Fixer-Upper Cottage -- Great Location.

[S_E_Fudd]

16. When will Wal Mart be announcing their plans to build a store on that spot...?

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