Archaeologists discover Phoenician family tomb in ancient city of Achziv

Times of Israel ^ | December 25, 2019 | TOI Staff

[redfreedom]

Grave sites may be a waste if real estate as far as the dead person is concerned, for they no longer have the ability to care one way or the other.

The grave site is for the living just like the funeral is for the living. It’s part of our grieving and for many much needed. I personally like the idea of visiting graves once a year to pay respect to my parents, siblings and others.

[bgill]

I’m going to put a curse on anyone who digs me up and steals my pottery.

[SunkenCiv]

And since that no longer happens, and no one has any idea who they were, and any descendants they may have are blissfully unaware of it, BS.

[SunkenCiv]

Well said! But that doesn't apply to people who got their fake faith from watching mummy movies.

[SunkenCiv]

I guess it's time you trolled an archaeology topic with that BS again, huh?

[TalBlack]

You asked the question of your BODY. I told you why they put bodies in the ground.

[trisham]

:)

[SunkenCiv]

There is a problem with space in Europe, in some countries there are time limits on burials, or at least there used to be, but I think it a here-and-there phenomenon, up to the local polity. And, it has nothing to do with archaeology.

[SunkenCiv]

:^) Good idea, because someone is going to make a massive fortune off that pottery!!! /s

[goldstategop]

Phoenician... modern day Lebanon. The language is related to Hebrew.

[Hegemony Cricket]

The family that decays together, stays together.

[SunkenCiv]

[singing] at the rot... you can rot you cannot roll and really cannot stroll once at the rot, rot rot, rot rot...