Published on
04/07/2026 - 17:16 GMT+2
It is rare in archaeology to come across a site that has remained virtually untouched by natural and human change for hundreds of thousands of years.
That is precisely what has been found in a cave near Foreidis, close to the Zichron Yaakov junction, where researchers from the Israel Antiquities Authority and the University of Haifa are excavating a site dated to between 400,000 and 250,000 years ago.
The work is being led (source in Spanish) by archaeologist Kobi Vardi and Amit Gabay, together with Professor Ron Schimmelmitz. They describe the site as one of the most significant discoveries of recent decades for understanding a phase of human evolution for which very little evidence has survived.
