A group of high school students participating in an archaeological excavation in Israel expected to uncover artifacts from long-ago civilizations buried deep in the ground. But what they found went far beyond the routine fragments of pottery, instruments and bones they anticipated. “It literally happened on the last day of the excavation,” said the excavation director, Gilad Ilatch. “The level of precision and attention to detail in creating this almost 4,000-year-old sculpture is extremely impressive. But the vessel with the sculpture on top was the piece de resistance.

Source: Fox News November 23, 2016 20:31 UTC