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Tel Aviv [Israel], May 15 (ANI/TPS): Israeli authorities caught five suspects red-handed trying to rob a 2,000-year-old antiquities site in northern Israel, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Monday.The suspects were trying to rob a Roman-Byzantine site in the village of Ein Mahal, near Nazareth."We recently noticed robbery excavations that took place illegally around the village of Ein Mahal," said Nir Distelfeld, the inspector of the robbery prevention unit of the Antiquities Authority in the northern region."From that moment, we went on an operation, until we caught the robbers, the operation lasted about three weeks," Distelfeld explained."We ambushed them, and as soon as we recognized that they had started digging, I called for assistance from the North District Police, and led the policeman who came to help. Together, we caught them red-handed."The site where the thieves tried to dig is called "Einat Shu'a". There was a water source in the place and a large settlement around it. Around the site, the researchers identified finds from the prehistoric period to the Ottoman period, but the main settlement in the place was in the Roman-Byzantine periods. Long and branching hiding caves were also found on the site.According to the Antiquities Authority, the hiding caves of Einat Shu'a are likely related to the Jewish revolts against the Roman Empire. Jews dug dozens of caves in Galilee in preparation for the revolt, though the anticipated battles did not reach the region."Fortunately, the hiding caves, which are among the largest in the area, were not damaged during the recent robbery incidents," Distenfeld said.According to Distelfeld, "Next to the cave were tools that the robbers planned to use - sledgehammers, hammers, quarrying tools and metal detectors. In front of the cave, you can see medium-sized ancient quarrying. These were, apparently, storage cells. It is possible that the captured suspects had time to 'clean' the cells. These are ancient findings before they were caught. No antiquities were found in the search of the bodies of the suspects, but the matter is under investigation." (ANI/TPS)Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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