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- Archaeologists have found infant jar burials throughout the ancient Near East, but especially in ancient Canaan.
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Jul 29, 2019 · Archaeologists have found infant jar burials throughout the ancient Near East, but especially in ancient Canaan. Although the practice of burying infants in storage jars spanned millennia, the custom reached its zenith in the Middle Bronze Age (2000–1550 B.C.E.).
Feb 9, 2010 · Infant jar burials beneath the floors of domestic houses are a relatively common find at archaeological sites in Israel. They are mostly from the Middle Bronze period (ca. 1750-1500 BC), less common in Late Bronze I (ca. 1500-1400 BC) and unknown in Late Bronze II (ca. 1400-1200 BC).
May 13, 2016 · The fact that animals were buried here along with human infants seemed to suggest that this was not a normal cemetery for children. One urn containing the remains of an animal had an inscription indicating that animal was a “substitute”.
The custom of infant jar burials (IJBs) began in the Pottery Neolithic period (seventh–fifth millennia B.C.E.) and, in the Levant, lasted even beyond the Iron Age (1200–587 B.C.E.).
Of the 58 sites and 443 individual infant and child burials I examined, the notable exception comes in the Early Bronze Age II–III period (3050–2300 B.C.E.), for which there is a dearth of mortuary remains for infants, children, and adults alike.
At Jericho bodies of children in jars were found beneath the clay floors of the Canaanite houses. Professor Petrie's report from el-Hesy is of special importance.
Oct 11, 2023 · Sealed and carefully buried among ordinary graves, these jars originally contained date honey. What can such mysterious jar burials tell us about the religious beliefs of the community that once lived at Khirbet Qumran?
