Recovered Hoards
The Nahal Mishmar Hoard
Found 1961 · Judean Desert, Israel
FoundThe prize. Four hundred copper objects in a cave
Where. Judean Desert, Israel
Status. Found
Where. Judean Desert, Israel
Status. Found
The account
Wrapped in a mat in a cliff cave above the Dead Sea lay more than four hundred copper crowns, scepters, and standards, six thousand years old and still a mystery.
How it was found
- In 1961 archaeologists found more than 400 copper crowns, scepters, and standards wrapped in a reed mat and hidden in a crevice in a cliff cave above the Dead Sea, six thousand years old.
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