Pekiin Cave
A karstic cave near Pekiin in the Galilee was used for burials in the
Chalcolithic period (4th millennium BCE).
The cave contains a large number of clay
ossuaries (chests for storing human bones)
with painted decorations, several of them
representing human faces. They attest to
a highly artistic society and provide evidence
of the burial customs and the spiritual life
of the Chalcolithic people.
Sources: Israeli
Foreign Ministry |