3,300-Year-Old Egyptian Coffin Found in Israel
- 10 years ago
An ancient Egyptian coffin was found in the Jezreel Valley area of Israel, along with a golden scarab that has the seal of Pharaoh Seti I, and other artifacts from around 33 hundred years ago. The remains belong to an adult male who was buried with pieces of hammered bronze, a bronze dagger, a bronze drinking bowl, along with some pottery inside of a clay coffin, which is decorated in a distinctly Egyptian style.
An ancient Egyptian coffin was found in the Jezreel Valley area of Israel, along with a golden scarab that has the seal of Pharaoh Seti I, and other artifacts from around 33 hundred years ago.
The remains belong to an adult male who was buried with pieces of hammered bronze, a bronze dagger, a bronze drinking bowl, along with some pottery inside of the clay coffin, which is decorated in a distinctly Egyptian style.
Also found nearby were the graves of two men and two women, who experts think might have been related to the man found in the clay coffin.
This is further historical evidence that the Egyptian empire ruled Israel during the Late Bronze Age.
The Israel Antiquities Authority was able to estimate the age of the coffin based on the historical evidence connected with the artifacts, and they say that DNA analysis could tell experts if the remains belonged to a local person serving the Egyptian empire, or if he was an Egyptian official working in the area where he was buried.
Another theory is that the deceased man was a wealthy, elite local citizen who just wanted to partake in Egyptian customs for his burial.
An ancient Egyptian coffin was found in the Jezreel Valley area of Israel, along with a golden scarab that has the seal of Pharaoh Seti I, and other artifacts from around 33 hundred years ago.
The remains belong to an adult male who was buried with pieces of hammered bronze, a bronze dagger, a bronze drinking bowl, along with some pottery inside of the clay coffin, which is decorated in a distinctly Egyptian style.
Also found nearby were the graves of two men and two women, who experts think might have been related to the man found in the clay coffin.
This is further historical evidence that the Egyptian empire ruled Israel during the Late Bronze Age.
The Israel Antiquities Authority was able to estimate the age of the coffin based on the historical evidence connected with the artifacts, and they say that DNA analysis could tell experts if the remains belonged to a local person serving the Egyptian empire, or if he was an Egyptian official working in the area where he was buried.
Another theory is that the deceased man was a wealthy, elite local citizen who just wanted to partake in Egyptian customs for his burial.