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Burned Olives Reveal Ancient Shiloh Kitchen | Washington DC News
Archaeologists unearthed ancient food jars at Tel Shiloh—believed to be the biblical city where the Ark of the Covenant once rested—revealing olives and lentils, plus a jar with 500 burned olive pits that may hint at a fire that preserved them for millennia. Beneath these jars, they discovered a ritual deposit from Israelite times, packed with 10,000 animal bones, pottery, and gold and silver jewelry, all buried without knowing older Canaanite jars lay just below. While the food finds align with Mediterranean diet norms, the burned pits offer a tantalizing dating clue pointing to the Middle…
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