An eight-year-old Israeli boy recently discovered an ancient treasure while visiting the Ramon Crater in the Negev Desert.
Dor Wolynitz, who is from Rehovot, was enjoying a family retreat organized by a paratrooper reserve unit when he found a 1,700-year-old Roman statuette fragment, Fox News reported Monday.
It is a piece of a small figurine showing folds of clothing that appeared to be a cloak, according to Archeology News.
“Laboratory analysis by geologist Dr. Nimrod Wieler identified the material as a light phosphorite mineral, which is common in the Negev Desert. Because the raw material is local, researchers believe the statuette was…
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