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Tel Aviv [Israel], June 17 (ANI/TPS): A 74-year-old woman strolling on Israel's Palmahim beach south of Tel Aviv found a 3,000-year-old figurine of an Egyptian goddess which she turned over to grateful archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities Authority.Lydia Marner, a resident of Lod and an Azerbaijani immigrant, said she and her husband noticed an object emerge from the sea one stormy day "about a month ago". Understanding she had found something significant, Marner contacted friends who were knowledgeable in archaeology, then reached out to the Antiquities Authority via its Facebook page. Inspectors Dror Citron and Idan Horn were dispatched to examine the ancient figurine. After reading and cleaning the statuette, the Authority announced the find on Tuesday."I can't believe I won this. At first, my husband laughed at me, but today the whole family already knows the amazing story that happened to me. I'm very happy that the right to find it fell to me," Marner said.The Authority confirmed that the figurine represented Hathor, an Egyptian goddess associated with fertility, strength, protection, and wisdom.According to Dr Amir Golani, an expert on the Bronze Age at the Antiquities Authority, "The Canaanites used to adopt ritual and religious customs of the Egyptians, who ruled our region at the time. Just like homes today, where you install a mezuzah or hang a picture of a saint on the wall, then, they used to place ritual figurines in a central place in the house, for good luck and protection from bad things."He explained that the statuette was made of clay which was embedded into a stone pattern, a process allowing people to quickly produce numerous such figurines."It can be recognized that this is Ella Hathor by her hairstyle, which simulates the horns of a bull, and by the prominent eyes and ears that were designed for her," Golani said.Marner's discovery coincides with the launch of the Antiquities Authority's "Return Them With a Click" campaign to encourage Israelis with artefacts in their homes to turn them over to the state.There is a legal obligation to report to the Antiquities Authority about any accidental finding of antiquities. (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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Tel Aviv [Israel], June 17 (ANI/TPS): A 74-year-old woman strolling on Israel's Palmahim beach south of Tel Aviv found ... ...