Arqueólogos da Autoridade de Antiguidades de Israel usaram uma escada para entrar na caverna em forma de quadrado feita pelo homem, que eles disseram ter permanecido intocada por cerca de 3.300 anos. O local do enterro continha dezenas de vasos de cerâmica de várias formas e tamanhos, informou a equipe, juntamente com vários artefatos de bronze. Entre os artefatos estavam tigelas – algumas pintadas de vermelho, outras contendo ossos -, além de panelas, cálices, lâmpadas e potes de armazenamento.
Os bens funerários enterrados na caverna também incluíam armas na forma do que parecem ser pontas de flechas ou lanças de bronze.
Os itens teriam sido colocados na tumba para acompanhar seu ocupante falecido em sua passagem para a vida após a morte, disseram os arqueólogos.
O canto da caverna continha dois terrenos retangulares, dentro dos quais os especialistas desenterraram pelo menos um esqueleto relativamente intacto.
A descoberta foi anunciada ao mundo no domingo.
O especialista em Idade do Bronze, Dr. Eli Yannai, da Autoridade de Antiguidades de Israel, disse: “O fato de a caverna ter sido selada e não saqueada em períodos posteriores nos permitirá empregar métodos científicos modernos […[ to retrieve much information from the artefacts and from the residues extant on the vessels, for example, organic remains that are not visible to the naked eye.
“The cave may furnish a complete picture of the Late Bronze Age funerary customs.”
The fact that the cave had remained sealed until now, he added, was “extremely rare” and made it a “once-in-a-lifetime discovery”.
Dr Yannai said: “Burial caves are rare as it is, and finding one that hasn’t been touched since it was first used 3,300 years ago is something you rarely ever find.
“It feels like something out of an Indiana Jones movie — just going into the ground and everything is just laying there as it was initially.”
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The archaeologists noted that the tomb dated back to the time of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, whose reign spanned from 1279–1213 BC.
He was one of the most celebrated pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s new Kingdom, known for his early focus on the construction of cities, monuments and temples — but also is associated with the Biblical Exodus from Egypt.
Dr Yannai said: “In this period, in the long reign of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II, the Egyptian Empire controlled Canaan, and the Egyptian administration provided secure conditions for extensive international trade.”
Ramesses II died around the age of 90 and was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. His remains are presently on display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.
Arqueólogos da Autoridade de Antiguidades de Israel usaram uma escada para entrar na caverna em forma de quadrado feita pelo homem, que eles disseram ter permanecido intocada por cerca de 3.300 anos. O local do enterro continha dezenas de vasos de cerâmica de várias formas e tamanhos, informou a equipe, juntamente com vários artefatos de bronze. Entre os artefatos estavam tigelas – algumas pintadas de vermelho, outras contendo ossos -, além de panelas, cálices, lâmpadas e potes de armazenamento.
Os bens funerários enterrados na caverna também incluíam armas na forma do que parecem ser pontas de flechas ou lanças de bronze.
Os itens teriam sido colocados na tumba para acompanhar seu ocupante falecido em sua passagem para a vida após a morte, disseram os arqueólogos.
O canto da caverna continha dois terrenos retangulares, dentro dos quais os especialistas desenterraram pelo menos um esqueleto relativamente intacto.
A descoberta foi anunciada ao mundo no domingo.
O especialista em Idade do Bronze, Dr. Eli Yannai, da Autoridade de Antiguidades de Israel, disse: “O fato de a caverna ter sido selada e não saqueada em períodos posteriores nos permitirá empregar métodos científicos modernos […[ to retrieve much information from the artefacts and from the residues extant on the vessels, for example, organic remains that are not visible to the naked eye.
“The cave may furnish a complete picture of the Late Bronze Age funerary customs.”
The fact that the cave had remained sealed until now, he added, was “extremely rare” and made it a “once-in-a-lifetime discovery”.
Dr Yannai said: “Burial caves are rare as it is, and finding one that hasn’t been touched since it was first used 3,300 years ago is something you rarely ever find.
“It feels like something out of an Indiana Jones movie — just going into the ground and everything is just laying there as it was initially.”
READ MORE: Remains of ‘vampire’ woman unearthed from 17th century grave in Poland
The archaeologists noted that the tomb dated back to the time of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses II, whose reign spanned from 1279–1213 BC.
He was one of the most celebrated pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s new Kingdom, known for his early focus on the construction of cities, monuments and temples — but also is associated with the Biblical Exodus from Egypt.
Dr Yannai said: “In this period, in the long reign of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty Pharaoh Ramesses II, the Egyptian Empire controlled Canaan, and the Egyptian administration provided secure conditions for extensive international trade.”
Ramesses II died around the age of 90 and was buried in a tomb in the Valley of the Kings. His remains are presently on display at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization in Cairo.
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