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  1. Dec 21, 2020 · Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a 3,800-year-old jar that contains something surprising — the skeleton of a baby. Though such infant burials are not so uncommon, it's a mystery why...

  2. Dec 26, 2020 · Researchers recently presented several artifacts representing the city's Greek roots, but now they’ve discovered a 3,800-year-old baby skeleton in a jar. It’s a mystery why the baby’s skeleton was found in a jar in Jaffa in Israel. Source: Yoav Arbel/Israel Antiquities Authority.

  3. Apr 7, 2021 · A 3,800-year-old jar containing something shocking has been discovered by archaeologists in Israel — the skeleton of a baby. While such burials of infants are not so uncommon, it is a mystery why the infants were buried this way, said Yoav Arbel, an archaeologist from the Israel Antiquities Authority who was part of the team that found the jar.

  4. Jul 29, 2019 · How did people in ancient Canaan bury their dead babies? Many placed their dead babies in storage jars. These were then buried under the walls and floors of a house or, occasionally, placed in a communal tomb. Archaeologists refer to this type of interment as an infant jar burial (IJB).

  5. Sep 21, 2021 · A Bronze Age jar used to bury a baby 3,800 years ago is among a trove of items found by archaeologists in Israel after they excavated the ancient port of Jaffa, now part of Tel Aviv.

  6. Mar 6, 2024 · The burial contained an infant, possibly less than a year old, whose body had been placed inside a ceramic amphora, a type of storage jar.

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  8. Dec 30, 2020 · Archaeologists excavating a site in Jaffa, Israel, recently made a macabre discovery: a 3,800-year-old jar containing the skeleton of a baby.

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