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Fast Facts: Did you know that the Mesopotamians made the base sixty system? This is why we have 60 seconds in a minute.
The Dig Interact! Mysteries	Mystery of the Israeli Piggy Bank At an excavation in Israel some years ago a volunteer found a small bowl. When it was excavated, the archaeologists found out that the bowl was covering a jar stuck into the ground. The pieces dated back about 3000 years. Inside the jar was about 10 pounds of silver in tiny little pieces. This jar appeared to be someone's piggy bank, which they buried in the corner of their backyard, and every time they made some money, they would remove the bowl, and put the pieces of silver in the jar. They must have been pretty rich, because ten pounds of silver was worth a lot back then. What do you think happened to make them leave all their wealth behind and never come back to take it? 1. They died from disease and no one in the family knew where the money was hidden. 2. They were killed by enemies who didn't know the money was there. 3. They left it there while they were traveling away from home but never made it back.
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