Ancient Mystery: 4,000-Year-Old Headless Toads Found in Israeli Tomb

Ancient Mystery: 4,000-Year-Old Headless Toads Found in Israeli Tomb
Jar with remains of the toads. Photo: Zohar Turgeman-Yaffe, Israel Antiquities Authority
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An odd finding was made inside a 4,000-year-old tomb in Israel: the decapitated bodies of at least nine toads.

The tomb was found in the Hahal Repha’im basin during the Canaanite period four millennia ago. Two settlements, cemeteries, and temples were found and provided “new insight” into the life of the local population there, researchers said.