In northern Israel, archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 2,100-year-old farmhouse. Dozens of loom weights, large ceramic storage vessels, clay figurines and agricultural implements such as picks and scythes were found there, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday.
Coins discovered there too date from the second half of the second century BC. “We were lucky enough to discover a time capsule frozen in time, where the finds remained where they had been left by the inhabitants,” said Amani Abu-Hamid, director of the excavation. “It appears they have left hastily in the face of imminent danger, perhaps threatened by military attack.”
The remains were discovered during excavations before the start of a project on the Sea of Galilee, it said. To maintain the water level, desalinated water must be fed into the lake. The farm was therefore discovered west of the water.
The Sea of Galilee is located in the upper Jordan Rift Valley, a north-south trending rift in the Earth’s crust that is the northern continuation of the Great Rift Valley. At 212 meters below sea level, it is the deepest freshwater lake on Earth.
Source: Krone
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