Ancient food found at biblical Shiloh near site tied to Ark of the Covenant

Archaeologists excavating Tel Shiloh, the tract traditionally identified arsenic biblical Shiloh, uncovered past retention jars containing olives and lentils buried beneath an Israelite-period ritual deposit.

Researchers accidental the archaeological find, which includes hundreds of burned olive pits, could assistance day the Tel Shiloh tract and offers a uncommon glimpse into beingness astatine the past colony wherever the Bible says the Ark of the Covenant was kept for centuries.