A ritual temple was found among the 5,000-year-old ruins. Stones at an excavation site belonging to a Bronze Age temple [(picture-alliance/newscom/D. Hill)]
Posted on 10/13/2019 4:19:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Archaeologists in Israel announced Sunday that they had uncovered a 5,000-year-old city north of Tel Aviv.
It is the largest Bronze Age urban area found in the region to date and could fundamentally change ideas of when sophisticated urbanization began taking place in the area, they said.
Israel's Antiquities Authority said in a Facebook post that the city was discovered at the En Esur excavation site during road works near Harish, a town some 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Tel Aviv.
The archaeologists described the city as "cosmopolitan and planned." It covered 65 hectares (160 acres) and was home to about some 6,000 people, they added, which would have been a significant size for the era.
This is the "New York of the early Bronze Age," the authority's statement read.
Residential and public areas, streets and allies, and fortifications were all uncovered at the excavation site. Other discoveries included an unusual ritual temple and burnt animal bones likely used for sacrificial offerings, as well as pieces of statues, pottery and tools.
The achaeologists said the city's inhabitants likely lived from agriculture and trade with other regions and kingdoms.
Older ruins dating back 7,000 years were also found under the Bronze-Age city.
The find could provide new insight into when rural populations began to gather in urban settings in the Southern Levant area, today the location of Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and parts of Syria.
During the region's early Bronze Age, which lasted from roughly 3,200 B.C. to 1,200 B.C., low-density villages in rural settings were thought to have been the predominant social living unit.
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A ritual temple was found among the 5,000-year-old ruins. Stones at an excavation site belonging to a Bronze Age temple [(picture-alliance/newscom/D. Hill)]
If they really want their minds blown they should look offshore under the ocean.
En Esur,En Esur instead of New York, New York.
How do they know they were allies? Maybe they were defeated enemies?
[singing] En Esur, Esur... [/singing]
Even then, Jews ran show business.
It was the Bronze Age, but they were poor in that town, so the families could only afford carved stone housepets instead of real ones.
Wait? They were not grunting hunter gatherers? How could that be?
/rimshot
Soon the diggers will turn up pottery. If there's traces of early booze in them, we'll know they got plowed at least once a year.
Red Rose Tea 7000 years ago. Who knew?
Red Rose Tea 7000 years ago. Who knew?
Wouldn’t it be a hoot if they found a still and not just yeast grain or fruits? That would put a whole new perspective on 7,000 year old technology for sure. :)
A Red Rose Tea, half as old as time...
When they find a radiator from a Bronze Age Model Tet, we’ll know it’s true.
More Palestinian relics.
LOL! Surely I jest.
I only understand a little of the craft, Great Granddad was the expert. But from what I understand the use of radiators made a lot of folks sick or dead. One of the blow-backs from prohibition. Be hard to find a more efficient condenser though. :)
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