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A tiny, rotund porcelain head of a figurine from the First Temple period, holding archaeological importance, was discovered by an eight-year-old. He was out with his family on a hiking vacation in the Beit Shemesh region.

The figurina, a 3,000-year-old ceramic head that signified fertility, was picked up by Itai Halperin in Beit Shemesh, confirmed the Israeli Antiquities Authorities Wednesday. Such heads were located mostly in the Kingdom of Judah homes at the time of the First Temple era, according to The Times of Israel.

"Figurines such as these, in the shape of naked women representing fertility, were common in the homes of the residents of the Judean Kingdom in the 8th century BCE and until the destruction of the kingdom by the Babylonians in the days of Zedekiah (in 586 BCE)," said Alon De Groot, the authority's Iron Age specialist.

"It's no coincidence that a statuette like this was found atop Tel Beit Shemesh next to a residential quarter from the First Temple period. Beit Shemesh is mentioned as a city in the area of the Tribe of Judah," Anna Eirich of the Antiquities Authority added, according to The Blaze.

Itai Halperin received a certificate of honor for identifying the ancient artefact that he picked up while he was on a hiking trip. Itai said that he had seen a similar find in 'Indiana Jones' and wanted to be such a hero!

He has achieved his dream already.