Excavations at the site of Tel Hazor have revealed a heavily fortified chamber identified as a Late Bronze Age royal armory. The room, which was sealed by a sudden fire during the city's destruction, contains dozens of bronze spearheads, arrowheads, and several rare scale-armor plates that remain in an exceptional state of preservation.
Archaeologists note that the arrangement of the weapons suggests an organized storage system, with separate sections for different types of armaments. The find provides unprecedented insight into the military organization and metallurgical skills of the Canaanite city-state prior to the Iron Age transition.