Two enigmatic 1,500-year-old human figurines carved in rare ebony wood from India or Sri Lanka and likely made in Africa have been uncovered in the Negev, the Israel Antiquities Authority ...

The burials were conducted according to ancient Christian tradition, with excavators describing the figurines as being "heads of African figures, carved in black wood." In a journal article ...

The artifacts were buried in the graves of a young woman and child, who may have converted to Christianity in Africa before traveling to the region, researchers say ...

In Israel’s South, tiny figurines including heads of African figures carved into black wood were uncovered in 1,500-year-old burial sites of women and children at an archaeological site in the ...

A set of rare and intricately carved figurines — including miniature heads of African figures fashioned from black wood and bone — have been discovered in 1,500-year-old Christian graves of ...

Researchers described the bone figurines as rare. However, the black wood carvings were unique. Authors of the new study published in IAA’s journal Atiqot called the two ebony figurines “the ...

Ancient unique finds in the South: Five tiny figurines – including heads of African figures carved in black wood – were uncovered in 1500-year-old graves of women and children during an ...