Study unveils dual function of ancient pithoi in Sahab — storage, funerary practices
AMMAN — Pithos is the Greek name for a large storage container popular in the area of Mediterranean during the Neolithic, the Bronze and the Iron Age. The large container was used to keep fluids and grains in the household or during the maritime trade. Archaeologists found human bones in some pithoi as they were transformed into a coffin for funerary rituals. The huge lid
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