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      <title>Chanukah discovery: Rare coins unearth Hasmonean history</title>
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      <title>1.5-million-year-old human vertebra uncovered in Israel’s Jordan Valley</title>
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      <title>The story of the Maccabees comes to life in the Lachish Forest</title>
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      <title>2,000-year-old coins found in Binyamin depict Bar Kochba Revolt</title>
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