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Pesach Benson

Student Discovers Byzantine Relic During Archaeological Dig

A pilgrim observes the archaeological remains of the Capernaun Synagogue, Israel located in ancient Galilee on 10 December, 2019.  JOAQUIN GOMEZ SASTRE/NURPHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

A teenage student uncovered a 1,500-year-old “magical mirror” from the Byzantine period this week during an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation at the ancient site of Usha in northern Israel.

Aviv Weizman, from Kiryat Motzkin, near Haifa, was one of 500 students participating in a week-long “Survival Course” that included a 56-mile trek and participation in excavations at archaeological sites around Israel that will be opened to the public in the future.

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