At the site of the excavation, directed by Dina Avshalom-Gorni and Yardenna Alexandre of the Israel Antiquities Authority, with the participation of pre-military academy (mechinot) students from Maayan Baruch and Kela Alon, as well as volunteers from the community, a boundary stone inscribed in Greek was unexpectedly uncovered.The site is still called "Nafah" today.The stone was uncovered in secondary use to cover a tomb.
The decipherment of the inscription by Israel Antiquities Authority, Dr. Danny Syon, together with Prof. Haim Ben-David from the Kinneret Academic College, aroused great excitement.According to researchers, "The inscription, which mentions the name "Kfar Nafah," (Nafah village) was inscribed on a boundary stone."
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