Ossuary

Peki'in, Galilee, Israel, 5th-4th millennium BCE, Late Chalcolithic period, Pottery a burial practice. After the body has decomposed the bones are collected and placed in ossuaries (modeled and painted clay boxes) that were placed in caves on display at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

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Image Size: 8256x5504 / 37.6MB; Peki'in Galilee Israel 5th 4th millennium BCE Late Chalcolithic period Pottery burial body human bones Ossuary ossuaries painted box clay boxes decorated Israel Museum Jerusalem Ghassulian culture cultural death grave tomb sarcophagus coffin clay ceramic ceramics earthenware archaeology archeology archaeological archeological history historic artifact sepulchre sepulture bury cemetery graveyard travel entombment entomb ancient heritage historical the past remains burying Sarcophagi psi idr
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Peki'in, Galilee, Israel, 5th-4th millennium BCE, Late Chalcolithic period, Pottery a burial practice. After the body has decomposed the bones are collected and placed in ossuaries (modeled and painted clay boxes) that were placed in caves on display at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel