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Sometimes nature is a better archaeological excavator than humans.

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See Michael Eisenberg and Arthur Segal, “The Spade Hits Sussita,” BAR 32:03; Michael Eisenberg, “Archaeological Views: What’s Luck Got to Do with It?” BAR 36:06.

See Mark Chancey, “How Jewish Was Jesus’ Galilee?” BAR 33:04; and Mark Chancey and Eric M. Meyers, “How Jewish Was Sepphoris in Jesus’ Time?” BAR 26:04.

Conservation work was done by Alexander Iermolin of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa.

Mishnah, Avodah Zarah 3:4.