Boy, 7, Finds 3,400-Year-Old Figurine in Israel’s Tel Rehov Site

Tel Rehov figurine
Israel Antiquities Authority

NBC News reports: TEL AVIV, Israel — A seven-year-old boy discovered an ancient statuette of a naked woman during a day trip to Tel Rehov archaeological site in Israel, antiquities officials said Thursday.

Ori Greenhut saw a dirt-covered stone with with the image of a person while climbing a mound at Tel Rehov earlier this week, according to a statement from Israel’s Antiquities Authority.

Greenhut took the statue home with him to nearby Tel Teomin, the statement added.

Moriya Greenhut, the boy’s mother, said she soon discovered the “impressive figurine.”

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