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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

07.09.25 | PLOS

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An isotopic perspective on equid selection in cult at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel
Photographs of the four donkey burials of Stratum E5c in Area E at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath. Credit: Arnold et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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.

PLOS One

10.1371/journal.pone.0326421

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

9-Jul-2025

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Animals Anthropology Archaeological Sites Archaeology Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS One
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0326421
Article Publication Date
2025-07-09
Article Title
An isotopic perspective on equid selection in cult at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2025, July 9). 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. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1ZZ04VD1/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-a.html
MLA:
"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." Brightsurf News, Jul. 9 2025, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1ZZ04VD1/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-a.html.