Gaza farmer finds a 4,500-year-old statue of the Canaanite goddess, a statue of an ancient goddess of beauty, love, and war. The discovery was made by a farmer digging his land in Khan Younis, in the south of the strip. The 8.7 in high carving clearly shows the face of the goddess wearing a serpent crown (picture below).
"We found it by chance. It was muddy and we washed it with water...We realised that it was a precious thing, but we didn't know it was of such great archaeological value" Farmer
The original article on BBC news said, not all archaeological finds in Gaza have been so highly appreciated or fared so well.
Credit: BBC World News, Jerusalem
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