It was this archaeological treasure that Israeli archaeologist Ehud Netzer spent his career searching for.

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Thanks to Netzer's research we now know that the mausoleum was an 82-foot tower.

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In a bizarre twist of fate, Netzer later fell to his death there, at age 76.

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Calin Peter Netzer's film is a tale of corruption and guilt in modern Romania.

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As the Israel Museum was planning an exhibition featuring the prized find, however, Netzer fell to his death while surveying the site.

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Mr Netzer said he was "a little bit speechless" by the win.

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In 2007, following 40 years of digging, archaeologist Ehud Netzer unearthed the foundations of an elaborate mausoleum, and then the fragments of three sarcophagi.

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The film, directed by Calin Peter Netzer, tells the story of a wealthy mother who uses her connections to try and stop her son from going to jail.

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Rather than breaking apart after her life's work was destroyed, Tucker has been a central force in rebuilding Netzer Hazani and the 20 other communities of Gush Katif.

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