Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 5,000-year-old-settlement near the city of Beit Shemesh. The finds include two pottery kilns, which are among the oldest ever discovered in Israel, and a public building containing 40 intact vessels that is likely one of the oldest temples ever uncovered in the Judean Lowlands.
"The significance of the site we are working on is immense," Yitzhak Paz, a researcher with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), which conducted the excavations, said in a translated video. "Among other reasons because it is a very large site that dominates its surroundings, meaning we are dealing with a substantial location that housed a large population that show early signs of urbanization."
