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": entrance to the cave in which it was found. Photograph, 1925. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

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[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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