Archaeologists have uncovered remains of an 8,000-year-old building, as well as ancient flint tools, in Tel Aviv, Israel’s Antiquities Authority announced Jan. 11. The building is the earliest structure ever found in Tel Aviv and changes what archaeologists previously believed about the area in ancient times.
Ayelet Dayan, the archaeologist who led the excavation, said, “For the first time we have encountered evidence of a permanent habitation that existed in the Tel Aviv region 8,000 years ago.”
The three-room structure is believed to be have been built in the Neolithic period — when humans went from a nomadic existence of hunting and gathering to living in permanent settlements and engaging in agriculture. The remains were found near the Ayalon River. — ap