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Dozens of incised ivory plaques discovered in the tomb once covered a wooden box that no longer exists.

A detail of the 3,600-year-old gold torque necklace worn by the adult male occupant of the elite tomb reveals a graceful water bird.

The gold jewellery that adorned the adult male burial includes (from top) a diadem, a bracelet, and a torque necklace.

An ornate ossuary, or bone box, discovered in a Jerusalem tomb is inscribed with the name Caiaphas, an infamous figure in the Gospels’ accounts of Jesus’s trial and execution. “If it is Caiaphas, the discovery would confirm that the people who play a role in the stories of the New Testament were real and not fictitious,” notes archaeologist Eric Cline.