Look what we found at the flea market!

Workers renovating Jaffa's flea market just south of Tel Aviv yesterday discovered a 2 meter (6.5 feet) long, 30 centimeter (1 foot) wide cannon believed to have been used by Napoleon when he blasted Jaffa's city walls on March 7, 1799.

"This cannon is one of the largest found in Jaffa and maybe in all of Israel," said Amit Re'em, field manager of the excavation. "We know from history that Napoleon used a few really large cannons."

Posted by David on March 13, 2003 11:05 AM