Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Prehistoric site found in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, it appears, was a popular place even during prehistoric times.

Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a large concentration of stone utensils on the southeastern rim of the city which were used by prehistoric man hundreds of thousands of years ago, Israel's Antiquities Authority announced Tuesday.

The antiquities were uncovered during a routine archaeological supervision at a building site near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel.