Students Discover 3,330-Year-Old Egyptian Amulet in Galilee

While participating in a dig with the Israel Antiquities Authority, 10th graders found a 3,300-year-old Egyptian amulet in the Tzipori (Sepphoris) village in Israel’s Galilee region, making for an exciting excavation.

The object was uncovered at a dig being conducted as part of preparations for creating a new access road. The students who dug up the amulet were among the 350 10th-graders from the ORT Kiryat Bialik high school who have spent this week helping with IAA excavations throughout the Galilee under the auspices of an Israeli Education Ministry program designed to increase youths’ connection to their communities and surroundings.

“The excitement over the discovery was immense, and the girls’ eyes lit up,” said Nimrod Getzov, the excavation’s director.

“When I came closer to see what had been found, I was surprised to see that it was an Egyptian amulet, because things like this are usually found in graves. Our excavation focuses on periods that pre-date the amulet, and it’s intriguing how it happened to wind up here,” Getzov said.

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