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Mystery surrounds ancient pearls found in a cave for the first time ever

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A study recently published in Archaeometry , reports that 50 cave pearls have been found in an ancient tunnel in the Jerusalem Hills of Israel .

The pearls are a type of speleothem’ mineral deposits that are formed in caves by moving water.

14 of the pearls contain nuclei of pottery of which two appear to come from ceramic lamps and two of the other pearls of plaster.

The findings suggest that the tunnels underwent reconstruction during the Hellenistic period.

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