Sentences with phrase «several archaeological finds»

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Now — nearly six millennia later — the unearthing of these remnants in what is now northeastern Syria is a spectacular archaeological find, one of several important discoveries made recently at Tell Brak, a 130 - foot - high mound jutting above the northern fringe of the Mesopotamian plain.

a: arrows point to one of several thin, orange pumice lapilli lenses typical of those found throughout the MV - 7 stratum containing the archaeological horizons; b: ventral side of a percussion flaked tool embedded in a 2 cm thick tephra lens located on an uneroded, elevated surface between narrow drainage channels in stratum MV - 7, Unit 56 (see Fig 6b for a close - up of the dorsal side of the flake); c: typical micro-setting where thin orange lenses form during the summer months in shallow humid grassy areas at Monte Verde.

And finally there's a behind - the - scenes look at the history of the Western Wall and a tour of the Core Excavation site revealing unique archaeological findings from several periods of Jerusalem's 3,000 years of existence.