Exceptional Archaeological "Foot" Discovery in Jordan Valley

Monday, April 6, 2009 - 08:49 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers at the University of Haifa reveal an exceptional archaeological discovery in the Jordan valley: Enormous "foot-shaped" enclosures identified with the biblical "gilgal" stone structures. "The 'foot' structures that we found in the Jordan valley are the first sites that the People of Israel built upon entering Canaan and they testify to the biblical concept of ownership of the land with the foot."

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