4738. ARCHEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS OF ANTHROPOIDIC BURIALS IN DEIR-EL BALACH, SOUTH OF GAZA. LATE CNAANITE PERIOD, CA. 14-13TH. C. BC. THE HUMAN SIZE CLAY COFFINS HAVE EACH A DIFERENT FACE AND CONTAIN JEWELERY AND OTHER ARTIFACTS PROBABLY BELONGING TO THE DECEASED. A LARGE CERAMIC POT IS BURRIED NEXT TO EACH ANTHROPOID.
Photograph by Zev Radovan
