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Hillel Kuttler

Hillel Kuttler

Writer-editor Hillel Kuttler can be reached at [email protected]. He has written for such publications as the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

Stories from this author

Israel isn’t the first country where fingerprints found during archaeological research have elicited curiosity and spurred questions about who left them behind.

What Fingerprints Tell Us About Jerusalem’s Ancient Artisans

In an unusual collaboration, archaeologists in Israel are working with police to analyze prints left on fifth- or sixth-century pottery shards