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An Archaeological Site Was Accidentally Torched At Israel's Burning Man
So much for leaving no trace: The Israeli Antiquities Authority is accusing the organizers of Midburn — the Israeli affiliate of Burning Man — of accidentally torching ancient remnants dating back to Paleolithic and Epipaleolithic periods.
The recently concluded Midburn Festival drew some 6,000 people to the Negev Desert in southern Israel from May 20 to 24. It was the second Midburn held, and is now the second largest regional version of Burning Man, the largest being AfrikaBurn.
Like the main event held each year at Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, the counter-cultural festival is highlighted on the final Sunday by the burning of an elaborate wooden temple. But as Haaretz is reporting, the torching of the Midburn temple may have caused damage to an archaeological site, one that contains ruins from the Middle Paleolithic period 150,000 years ago, and the Epipaleolithic period 15,000 years ago.
- probably shouldn't have given them permits for everythingscarabin