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| | Masada |
 | | The site was inspected and explored by Shemariyahu Gutman, and in 1963 full-scale excavations began under the supervision of professor Yigael Yadin, assisted by volunteers from all over the world. |
 | | Yadin's book "Masada" tells the fascinating story of the excavations (I hardly refrained from typing in the whole book). |
 | | Remains of a Chalcolithic settlement (4th millennium BCE), including plants, cloth and potsherds, were found in a small cave on the lower part of a southern cliff. |
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