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Israeli archeologists find rare stone age figures

Dunya News

Israel's archeologists have unearthed two 9,500-year-old figurines near Jerusalem.

The discovery will help shed light on religion and society during the stone age.It says archaeologists unearthed the two rare figurines last week in Tel Motza between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv during a dig ahead of the expansion of a major highway in the area.One of the objects is shaped like a ram and made of limestone. The other depicts an ox and is made of dolomite. Both are 15 centimeters (5.9 inches) long.