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Bernard Vandermeersch, « The excavation of Qafzeh », Bulletin du Centre de recherche français à Jérusalem, ID : 10670/1.1hrcb5
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The excavation of the Qafzeh cave by René Neuville, while he was serving as the French Consul General in Jerusalem, began in earnest in 1934, after a test excavation conducted the year before revealed the extent of the importance of this site. For those who are familiar with Qafzeh as it stands now, it should be pointed out that when R. Neuville began his studies, sediment and Barbary figs almost completely concealed the entrance to the cave, which could not be entered standing up. The cave o...