A cave filled with 19th Dynasty artifacts was discovered on September 14th. Archaeologists found dozens of King Rameses II-era pottery and bronze objects. The now unsealed cave is within Palmachim Beach National Park, south of Tel Aviv, on the Mediterranean coast.
According to the Facebook page of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), most of the pottery found there was intact. This includes storage jars and footed chalices. Some of the containers had been brought from as far as Lebanon and Cyprus.
According to the website, Palmachim National Park features “the remains of the ancient port city of Yavne-Yam from the Middle Canaanite period.” And previous excavations in the area uncovered “ancient waterworks and agricultural apparatus.”
Rameses II relics
The symbolism displayed in the cave included all gods of Lower and Upper Egypt. And dated back to the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt, King Rameses II.
Mostafa Waziri, head of the Israel Antiquities Authority, said it “looks like an Indiana Jones film set.” And the underground cavern also contained the burial chamber of Ptahemwia the royal scribe, and head of treasury for Ramses II.
