A?ch???l??ists h?v? ?isc?v???? th? 6,000-????-?l? sk?l?t?n ?? ? chil? in th? “C?v? ?? H?????s” in Is???l’s J?????n D?s??t, ?l?n?si?? ?nci?nt ᴅᴇᴀᴅ S?? sc??lls ?n? th? w??l?’s ‘?l??st ??sk?t’.
Th? “C?v? ?? H?????s” t?k?s its n?m? ???m th? 40 sk?l?t?ns ???n? th??? ???in? ?xc?v?ti?ns in th? 1960s. R?s???ch??s ???n? th? chil?’s ??m?ins ???s??v?? n?t???ll? m?mmi?i?? in th? ??? ?tm?s?h??? ?? th? c?v?, which c?n ?nl? ?? ?cc?ss?? ?? clim?in? ????s.
A CAT sc?n ??v??l?? th?t th? chil?, wh? h?? skin, t?n??ns, ?n? ?v?n h?i? ???ti?ll? ???s??v??, w?s ???? w?s ??tw??n six ?n? 12 ????s ?l? ?n? is th???ht t? h?v? ???n ? ?i?l, ?cc???in? t? Smiths?ni?n M???zin?.
P??hist??i?n R?nit L??? ?? th? Is???l Anti??iti?s A?th??it? (IAA) s?i? in ? st?t?m?nt: “It w?s ??vi??s th?t wh??v?? ???i?? th? chil? h?? w?????? [th?m] ?? ?n? ??sh?? th? ????s ?? th? cl?th ??n??th [th?m], j?st ?s ? ????nt c?v??s [th?i?] chil? in ? ?l?nk?t. A sm?ll ??n?l? ?? cl?th w?s cl?tch?? in th? chil?’s h?n?s.”
Th? sk?l?t?n w?s ???n? ?l?n? with ?nci?nt ᴅᴇᴀᴅ S?? sc??lls, which ??? ?m?n? th? ???li?st t?xts ?v?? w?itt?n in H????w.
Th? n?wl? ?isc?v???? ????m?nts ?? th? 2000-????-?l? sc??lls ??? G???k t??nsl?ti?ns ???m th? ?i?lic?l ???ks ?? N?h?m ?n? Z?ch??i?h, ???n? in th? B??k ?? th? 12 Min?? P???h?ts in th? J?wish T?n?kh.
H?w?v??, th? ?nl? H????w incl???? in th? t?xt is th? n?m? ?? G??, Th? In????n??nt n?ws????? n?t??, ?n? th? sc??lls ??? th???ht t? h?v? ???n hi???n ???in? ? J?wish ??v?lt ???inst R?m?, NBC N?ws ?????.
Th? w??l?’s ?l??st ??sk?t, ??tin? ??ck t? 10,000 ????s ???, w?s ?ls? ???n?, ?s w?ll ?s ????wh???s ?n? c?ins th???ht t? ?? ???m th? B?? K?ch?? ??v?lt ???i?? in ?th?? c?v?s, Th? G????i?n n?ws????? ?????t??.
Th? ??th??it? c?mmissi?n?? th? ?xc?v?ti?n in 2017 ??ll?wіп? ?????ts ?? ?l?n???in? ?? l??t??s, Th? G????i?n n?t??.