Israeli archaeologists recently discovered the first Bronze Age blade factory found in southern Israel, showing evidence of complex Canaanite society 5,500 years ago.
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A5,500-year-oldCanaanitebladefactorywasrecentlyuncoveredinIsrael—offeringararelinktoamajorgroupofpeoplecentraltotheBible.
TheancientworkshopwasdiscoveredinKiryatGat,acityroughly40milessouthofTelAviv.TheworkshopisthefirstofitskindfoundinsouthernIsrael.
TheIsraelAntiquitiesAuthority(IAA)madetheannouncementinaFacebookpostinlateJuly.
1,000-YEAR-OLDMEDIEVALSWORDEMERGESFROMDUTCHRIVERAFTERCHANCEDISCOVERY:‘BARELYCORRODED’
“Themostimpressivefindingsdiscoveredatthesitearelargeflintcores,fromwhichextremelysharp,uniformlyshapedbladeswereproduced,”theIAAsaid.
“Thebladesthemselveswereusedasknivesforcuttingandbutchering,andasharvestingtools,likesickleblades.”
Theremnantsofthefactorywereunearthedatthecity’sNahalQomemarchaeologicalsite,whichcontainshundredsofundergroundpitsonceusedforcraftproduction,storage
