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Guy Bar-Oz

Shells excavated from the trash mounds of Elusa reflect what its residents discarded 1,500 years ago.

Olive pits recovered from a trash mound at Elusa provide insight into the residents' diet.

This seemingly unremarkable hill was once a garbage dump for the residents of the wealthy ancient city of Elusa.

A close-up of a trash mound at Elusa. Archaeologists excavated these mounds to determine that city organisation fell apart around 550 A.D.