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    Ancient Israeli House Surprises Archaeologists

    The remains of a house uncovered in the city of Haifa are the best-preserved yet from the Kingdom of Israel, dating back nearly three millennia.

    The site of the discovery was excavated about 40 years ago, but neglect had left the structure hidden until now. Layers of earth and garbage had piled up atop it, and off-road vehicles had plowed over the area, damaging the artifacts.

    When archaeologists recently re-exposed the area during a dig, they found the four-room home to be remarkably good shape ? the best-preserved house from the period of the Kingdom of Israel found so far, the researchers said today (July 6). The dig is in an area called Tel Shikmona.

    "We had seen the structure in the old photographs and were sorry that such a rarely preserved finding had disappeared due to neglect. We were not even sure that we would be able to find it again. It was practically a miracle that we managed to locate and uncover it and that it is still so well-preserved," said the leaders of the excavation team, Shay Bar and Michael Eisenberg of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa.

    The dig also unearthed remains of a Persian city from about 2,400 years ago and a Byzantine town from approximately 1,500 years ago.

    You can follow LiveScience writer Remy Melina on Twitter @remymelina. Follow LiveScience for the latest in science news and discoveries on Twitter @livescience and on Facebook.

     

    26 comments

    • B Young  •  10 mths ago
      For the so-called Palestinians, there was never a Palestine as an independent country until the British proclaimed it as they divided up the lands ruled previously by the Turks, Persians, and Arabs. People who now call themselves Palestinians lived in the area that was originally Israel. The Roman destruction of the Kingdom did not disperse all the Jews. Hundreds of thousands lived there under the thumb of the Arab invaders who took overe during one of the many times that rule over Israel changed hands during the last 2000 years. If the so-called Palestinians can call the land theirs, so can the Jews/Israelis who lived there because both countries were created by the British.
      • Eric X 10 mths ago
        The thing that gets tho is that the Philistines were there even before the jews, so even the jews are new comers !
    • Paul B  •  10 mths ago
      Nice Pic's Yahoo
    • big al  •  10 mths ago
      It really does not matter. You are never going to change the mind of the Jew haters and you are never going to change the minds of the Muslim terrorists who need an excuse to kill. The only thing this finding does is prove what you already know from the Bible.
    • JJMurray  •  10 mths ago
      So the next time someone says Israelis are occupying Palestinian land ask them why they haven't uncovered any Palestinian homes from 3,000 years ago in the area.
    • TequilaJoe  •  10 mths ago
      More proof the Jews were there long before the Arabs came and put the region to the sword.
      • Daniel S 10 mths ago
        Read a history book for once.
      • V 10 mths ago
        Are you kidding? There are ways of learning history.
      • MO-Nav_Vet 10 mths ago
        The Israelites and the Arabs are of the same Semitic people.
    • outraged!  •  10 mths ago
      My Name, Michael, and Jon. Idiots. idiot Jew haters. the one and only friendly part of that hole, and you fools bash them. idiots and fools.
    • sparrowhawk1949  •  10 mths ago
      Why don't all those big Muslm countries give them a state? Hamas is a terrorist group so we make our best ally give up what they were given back to terrorists? Ignorance of history. I think it is steeped in jealousy. GOD chose them. It was PHILISTINES NOT PALESTINIANS. They make it VERY PLAIN their intentions that we Americans are on their chopping block after Israel. They DO NOT think like we do and no matter what anyone does or gives them will change that. Go try living where they do and see how you like instead of Israel. Maybe it justs eats at you that GOD'S WORD IS TRUE. Boy are you under-educated historically. People are afraid of what they don't understand that fuels racizm, hatred, violence and strife.
      • fistycuffs 10 mths ago
        Why did you ignore ''The dig also unearthed remains of a Persian city from about 2,400 years ago and a Byzantine town''?

        Who are the Persians today, Einstein????
      • Eric X 10 mths ago
        Excellent Q Fisty !
    • Mafalda  •  10 mths ago
      Some discoveries of the past can help understand our way of life in the present. In any way we will never agree if the past is interesting or not. Man needs diversity in the way of thinking about everything ... if we ALL thought the same way and had the same tastes WHAT A DULL WORLD WOULD WE LIVE IN!!!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  10 mths ago
      Very cool; a shame they didn't take more precautions with a find like this.
    • Greg Ryan  •  10 mths ago
      for this reason, every 2 people you get on this planet one does not get along with the other, or has something to say about him he doesn't like, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FAILER TO COMMUNICATE, CAN'T WE ALL GET ALONG TOGETHER. This is the only planet in this solar system that supportes LIFE as we know it.
    • Jomama  •  10 mths ago
      4 rooms? How many bedrooms/bathrooms? How many sq ft? Was the owner underwater with it as most of us are today? Come on yahoo...get with it!
    • Kryptik  •  10 mths ago
      Some people shouldn't even be allowed to own a house. Probably got one of those "teaser" loans and couldn't pay the balloon payment. I blame Schumer and Dodd for the whole mess.
    • My Name Here  •  10 mths ago
      My point was that the people in israel today are not the original Hebrew or Israelite people. They're not. They didnt "return" in 1948. They invaded. They call themselves "jewish" and "israeli" and practice something called "Judaism". The people calling themselves jews are converts to "Judaism", they are not the original Israelites. The Hebrew people are a bloodline, not a religion. And the so called jews and arabs in israel are squatters on someone elses land. Just like the arabs are not the original people of Egypt or North Africa in general. Most of the so called jews come from an area in Russia, that was once the Khazar empire. They are of Turkic and Slavic stock. Dont believe me? Research it.
      • Rand March 10 mths ago
        Genetics says that you're wrong

        In every Jewish community throughout the world there are people called Cohen and Levi, and are believed to be directly descended from those biblical tribes

        Guess what: Genetic testing has PROVEN that they're all closely related, whether from the Mid-East, Russia, India, Ireland (Yes: Irish Jews DO exist.. In fact, you're reading what one of them wrote at this moment) or anywhere else
      • My Name Here 10 mths ago
        Yes. Many of them are related to one another, but many are not. And they are not the original people of that land. And thats nice that some of them have taken the last name Cohen or Levi or Goldburg or whatever, but those arent their original names. Any Hebrew names that some of them have taken on were taken after they converted to "Judaism".. They are about as semetic as a Turk or an Edomite, but never the less, they are not the original Israelites.
      • Rand March 10 mths ago
        Why is it that so many who CLEARLY don't like Jews - or who even hate them - feel authorized to declare who is or isn't "really" a Jew?
    • My Name Here  •  10 mths ago
      So we're supposed to trust the words of a bunch of greedy zionists. Been sitting there dug up and under garbage for 40 years, huh? These people specialize in Hollywood special effects and trickery. Ask how many of them can actually trace their roots back to Israel 3000 and not the Khazar empire in modern day Russia. Just like the arabs cant trace their roots back to Egypt or Israel 3,000 years ago. Just like the arabs invaded all of North Africa. Why dont you do a story on occupied lands and the people who invade them. U.S. of America, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii,
      • Sean 10 mths ago
        because no arab has ever invaded any other land or fought any wars. sure, ok...

        are you disputing the fact that jews lived in israel 3000 years ago? thats historical fact unless you want to re-write history
      • Elysium13 10 mths ago
        Ok. Your argument is very convoluted. No one is understanding what you are trying to say. But let's do what you ask: Northern Africa, Tanzania, Sudan, Egypt, China (Tibet et al), Morocco, Spain, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Cyprus, Liberia, Djibouti, Somalia, United States, the Philistines from Palestine, the Jews from Israel, whites from Africa and Arabs anywhere outside of Saudi Arabia and Yemen and the associated geographical areas. Kick them all out.
      • Elysium13 10 mths ago
        O wait...the Jews from Israel...not the same
    • Yahoo User  •  10 mths ago
      Of course Israel will ignore all the history before the "Kingdom of Israel" which spanned a few millenia and the history after the period which spanned two millenia.. They will only concenrate on the few years when they were actually there.
    • Sora Kara  •  10 mths ago
      Tomb raiders at it again.
    • Jon Kost  •  10 mths ago
      YAWN .. is USA still sending this sand bar in the desert $6 BILLION a YEAR in welfare?
    • connected2020  •  10 mths ago
      Knowing that God has Choosen to Give His inheritance too the Genntiles, that is all that counts!
    • R.  •  10 mths ago
      They (the Jews) MAY HAVE lived there 3000 years ago. Some bigger questions are, (a) for how long, (b) who lived there after they left? (c) does "living there 3000 years ago" means that you are entitled to go back at any time, under any circumstance and claim it to be yours?
      (d) What about, as Netanyahu himself puts it, "Facts on the ground"? Does this not apply?
    • America First  •  10 mths ago
      israel ceased to exist as nation when the Rome destroyed and dispersed them 70 AD gone, finished, no legal standing. If the invaders(nazi-zionist) would leave Palestine then Shilat would be released to accompany the rest, on their return to where they came from. Modern day “israel” is the imagination of carpet-baggers zionist. Hamas and Fayha are Palestine’s freedom fighter.
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