Richest Iron Age burial assemblage in Southern Levant discovered at Horvat Tevet

A recent study by Dr. Omer Peleg and his colleagues examined the unique 7th-century BCE (Iron IIC) cremation burial assemblage discovered at Horvat Tevet. The assemblage is the richest and most diverse burial assemblage found to date in the Southern Levant and includes unparalleled pottery and luxury items, indicating the individual, likely a merchant or official, had exclusive connections to extensive trade networks linked to the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This assemblage also directly challenges arguments that these territories were deliberately neglected.