The "Galilee skull": entrance to the cave in which it was found. Photograph, 1925.
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- 1925
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- 644370i
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The "Galilee skull" was excavated in Zuttiyeh Cave (Mugharet el-Zuttiyeh), in Wadi Amud in eastern Galilee by F. Turville-Petre in 1925, and was published in 1927 with an anatomical report by Sir Arthur Keith. It was thought to be the first Neanderthal skull found in Asia
Publication/Creation
[1925]
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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 15.5 x 20.8 cm
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View of the Mugharet el Suttiyje, the "Robbers Cave at Tabgha, where the Galilee skull was found. ...
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With: other photographs of the Galilee skull and of its discovery
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Wellcome Collection 644370i
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