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Aristos Georgiou

'Puzzling' bronze discs adorned with lion heads discovered in Roman-era grave

Four bronze discs with lions.

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered four "unique" bronze artifacts, adorned with elaborate 3D lion heads, that are roughly 1,900 years old.

Researchers uncovered the rare bronze discs during a salvage excavation conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) at a site named Khirbat Ibreika — located in the center of the country — prior to the laying of a railroad, according to a study published in the latest issue of the official IAA journal, 'Atiqot.

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