An ancient burial site holding at least 50 skeletons was unearthed in Israel's Negev desert.
Archaeologists in Israel have unearthed a burial site holding dozens of skeletons from 2,500 years ago — possibly the remains of trafficked women — in the heart of the Negev desert in southern Israel.
The team found the burials in 2021 during an archaeological survey ahead of a construction project for a water pipeline in the region. Unlike the mostly rounded burial sites commonly found in the Negev — known as tumuli — these two newly uncovered chambers are square, with one measuring 23 by 23 feet and the other 15 by 15 feet . Their location is also noteworthy, the researchers said.
The tombs are located at a crossroads of two important ancient tracks leading from west to east, from Egypt to the Wadi Arabah , southern Jordan and the Arabian Peninsula. Death and burial along ancient roads in the harsh desert,"whether due to violence or sickness, was not uncommon," Erickson-Gini said.
Some of the objects suggest that the human remains discovered at the site were of adult women, the researchers said, although further analysis is needed to confirm this. For example, the tombs contained copper-alloy and iron jewelry, ceramic vases and Cypraea shells from the Red Sea, which Egyptian women sometimes used as talismans — objects used to ward off evil and bring good fortune.
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