The Beat(ing) Goes On

Excavations of community cemeteries ~ not including battle sites, by the way ~ show that the current Israel/West Bank region has always been violent. A full 25% of the skulls found there, from 100 years ago and back to the Copper Age, bear evidence of severe wounds. That's the largest percentage found anywhere: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/342366/title/Mideast_violence_goes_way_back