Boy, 8, discovers 1,700-year-old Roman artefact after noticing 'unusual object' on ground
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Boy, 8, discovers 1,700-year-old Roman artefact after noticing 'unusual object' on ground.
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An eight-year-old boy discovered a nearly 2,000-year-old Roman artefact after noticing an "unusual object" on the ground.Dor Wolynitz from Rehovot in Israel was on a family outing in the Ramon Crater region when he spotted the artefact.The schoolboy had been hunting for interesting objects to present to his classmates when a striped stone caught his attention.Dor explained: "It seemed like an unusual object to me, so I showed it to Akiva, an archaeologist and my Dad's friend, who was with us on our trip." TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The family friend, who happened to be accompanying them on the weekend excursion, confirmed the youngster's find.Akiva Goldenhersh, a supervisor at the Israel Antiquities Authority's Theft Prevention Unit, was initially puzzled by the discovery.He said: "At first I thought it was a fossil, but then I noticed the sculpted folds of the garment, and I was very excited!"The object was revealed to be a fragment of a small statuette, approximately 6cm by...
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