Egyptian donkeys may have been incorporated into ritual burials - while local donkeys were part of the menu - in the Early Bronze Age in present-day Israel, per analysis of four complete donkey skeletons and other remains

Egyptian donkeys may have been incorporated into ritual burials - while local donkeys were part of the menu - in the Early Bronze Age in present-day Israel, per analysis of four complete donkey skeletons and other remains

Article URL: http://plos.io/3FKA8X2

Article title: An isotopic perspective on equid selection in cult at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel

Author countries: U.S., Canada, Israel

Funding: The research was funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (Grants #895‐2011‐1005; and 410-2009-1303). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.