Archaeologists open 3,300- year-old Egyptian burial place ‘like Indiana Jones’

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    The cavern was revealed when a mechanical digger struck its roofing system (Picture: AFP/Getty)

    A burial cavern from the time of ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Rameses II has actually been found ‘frozen in time’, filled with unblemished pottery pieces and bronze artefacts.

    Israeli archaeologists explained their amazing discover from 3,300 years back as‘looking like an Indiana Jones film set’

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    They revealed the cavern on Tuesday recently, when a mechanical digger operating at the Palmahim Beach national forest on the Mediterranean coast struck the roofing system.

    Like a scene from the movies starring Harrison Ford, they utilized a ladder to come down into the roomy, manufactured square cavern.

    The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) launched a video revealing the group shining flashlights on lots of pottery vessels in numerous types and sizes, going back to the reign of the ancient Egyptian king who passed away in 1213 BC.

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    These things were burial offerings to accompany the deceased on their last journey to the afterlife(Picture: AFP)
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    Experts stated the‘once-in-a-lifetime’ discovery might use a‘complete picture of Late Bronze Age funerary customs’(Picture: AFP)

    Bowls– some including bones– together with chalices, cooking pots, storage containers and bronze arrowheads or spearheads can be seen.

    ‘It feels like something out of an Indiana Jones movie – everything is just laying there as it was initially, intact pottery vessels, weapons, vessels made out of bronze, burials just as they were,’ stated IAA archaeologistDavidGelman

    Experts stated the‘once-in-a-lifetime’ discovery might use a‘complete picture of Late Bronze Age funerary customs’

    The things were burial offerings to accompany the deceased on their last journey to the afterlife.
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    least one fairly undamaged skeleton was likewise discovered.

    The cavern has actually been resealed and is under guard while a prepare for its excavation is
    being created, the IAA stated.


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