Untouched for 3,600 years, ‘royal’ tomb may change what we know about Canaanites
Located at the crossroads of civilization, a Tel Megiddo burial chamber includes a diadem-bedecked male skeleton, and hints that bones did not always rest in peace
By Amanda Borschel-Dan 21 March 2018, 11:30 pm 1
A 3,600-year-old undisturbed Canaanite burial chamber fit for a king has been unsealed at Tel Megiddo.
Revealing opulent burial goods, the chamber gives invaluable insight into the civilization’s funeral customs — and just may shift scholars’ conceptions of the era’s religious rites.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/untouched-for-3600-years-royal-tomb-may-change-what-we-know-about-canaanites/
