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Ancient Canaanite Donkey Sacrifice Found in Israel Reveals Egyptian Trade Ties
Archaeologists uncover an ancient Canaanite donkey sacrifice in Israel. Credit: Elizabeth R. Arnold / CC BY 4.0 Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered rare evidence of an ancient Canaanite donkey sacrifice ritual that reveals surprising trade connections with Egypt nearly 4,700 years ago. The discovery, detailed in a study published Wednesday in PLOS ONE, centres on four female donkeys buried beneath the floors of homes in what was once a Canaa…
An isotopic perspective on equid selection in cult at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel
Archaeological excavations of an Early Bronze Age III (c. 2900–2600/2550 BCE) domestic neighborhood at the site of Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel, uncovered four complete skeletons of young female donkeys that were buried immediately below house floors as ritual foundation deposits. Multi-isotope analyses (carbon, oxygen and strontium) of their teeth document that each of the donkeys was born and raised in Egypt before being brought to Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/G…
The skeletons of four female Egyptian donkeys have been discovered beneath a Bronze Age house in Tell es-Safi, Israel. Researchers believe they were buried as ritual sacrifices during the city's heyday, about 5,000 years ago. The unique burial may be evidence of close trade ties between ancient Egypt and Canaan.
In the ruins of Tell es-Sâfi, the ancient Canaanite city of Gat located in what is now Israel, archaeologists have discovered something surprising: four complete skeletons of young donkeys carefully buried under the floors of houses built about 4,500 years ago (between 2900 and 2550 BC). These animals, all young females [...]
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