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3,700-Year-Old Egyptian Scarab Seal Found by Israeli Birdwatcher
(Tazpit-Ynet News) Michael Zeff - An Israeli amateur birdwatcher discovered an ancient scarab seal belonging to a senior Egyptian official of the 18th century BCE, researchers at Haifa University announced on Sunday. Alexander Ternopolsky was birdwatching near the Tel Dor archaeological site on Israel's Carmel Coast when he found the seal. Dor was a key port city for thousands of years, until the Romans built Caesarea. "The scarab must have belonged to a very senior figure in the kingdom, probably the viceroy responsible for the royal treasury," explains Prof. Ayelet Gilboa of the Department of Archeology at Haifa University.