Child’s desert discovery leads to rare Roman-era archaeological find

An 8-year-old Israeli boy discovered a rare 1,700-year-old statuette fragment dating to the Roman period while hiking with his family in the Ramon Crater in the Negev Desert, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday. “I was looking for special things on the ground that I could show in class,” said Dor Wolynitz of Rehovot. | Read More in Virtual Jerusalem