Israeli archaeological authorities on Sunday announced the discovery of a “unique” burial chamber dating to the time of Pharaoh Ramses II and filled with dozens of pottery, bronze objects and bones.

The vault was accidentally discovered on September 13 in Palmahim National Park south of metropolitan Tel Aviv when an excavation machine stumbled on a piece of rock that turned out to be the roof of this vault.

A video released by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) shows amazed archaeologists unveiling dozens of ceramic pieces of various shapes and sizes from the reign of the ancient Egyptian king, who died in 1213 BC. died.

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Bowls – some painted red, others with bones – chalices, saucepans, jars, lamps and bronze arrowheads or spearheads were found at the burial. These items were burial objects intended to accompany the deceased on their final journey to the afterlife. They have been found intact since being placed there some 3300 years ago.

An almost intact skeleton was found

“This vault may give us a more complete picture of Late Bronze Age burial rites,” Eli Yannai, an IAA specialist on the period, said in a statement, referring to an “extremely rare” find. “When I saw the objects in the cave on Palmahim Beach, my eyes immediately lit up, such a discovery happens only once in a lifetime. And it’s incredible to find intact objects that have never been touched since they were first used,” enthused David Gelman, archaeologist at the IAA.

They date from the time of Ramses II, who lived between 1279 and 1213 BC. ruled over Egypt and also controlled Canaan, an area that, according to the Antiquities Authority, included the equivalent of modern Israel, the Palestinian territories, and parts of Lebanon, Jordan, and Syria.

The pottery’s provenance — Cyprus, Lebanon, northern Syria, Gaza and Jaffa — testifies to “the intense commercial activity that has taken place along the coast,” Eli Yannai said in a statement. David Gelman has speculated on the identity of the skeletons found in this vault on what is now a popular beach.

“The fact that these people were buried with weapons, including whole arrows, shows that they may have been warriors or sentries on ships.” The vault was sealed and sentries posted around it while awaiting another excavation plan on this one Place where in the short time of last week “some objects” have already been looted, ranging from discovery to closure of the site, the IAA said.

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A visibly emotional Prince Andrew wore his morning suit as he followed the Queen’s coffin through the streets of London to her State Funeral today.

The grieving king was banned from wearing his military uniform at the ceremony after his titles were stripped.

The Queen’s coffin left Westminster Hall – where she was laid out – at 10.44am and arrived at Westminster Abbey at 10.52am.

The Duke of York, who marched behind Her Majesty’s coffin in the royal procession on Wednesday, was in the same position behind his mother’s coffin today.

His siblings King Charles, Prince Edward and Princess Anne all wear their military uniforms.

And as the trio offered a snappy salute to their late mother outside Westminster Abbey, a grieving Prince Andrew – positioned between the Princess Royal and the Earl of Wessex – slowly bowed his head in tribute.

Princes Harry and Andrew both raise their heads as other senior royals, including King Charles, Princess Anne and Prince Edward, greet the Queen outside Westminster Abbey on Monday morning

Her Majesty the Queen is carried out of Westminster Abbey followed by her family as she made her final journey through the streets of London on Monday afternoon

Mourning Prince Harry walks alongside his brother Prince William with his hands by his side as the royal family follow the Queen’s coffin around London

Prince Andrew looked serious as he marched after his mother in his black morning suit today. The 62-year-old royal was banned from wearing his military uniform to the Queen’s farewell

As other members of the royal family dressed in military garb greeted the Queen outside Westminster Abbey, Prince Andrew bowed his head in honor of his beloved mother

King Charles was accompanied by his siblings Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward during the procession through Westminster

Around 4 billion people around the world are expected to watch the Queen’s State Funeral, with a million people lining the streets of London

He was joined by Prince Harry, also not donning military attire and bowing his head rather than greeting the late monarch.

The Duke of Sussex was also banned from wearing his military uniform after straying from his royal duties. The prince, accompanied by his wife Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, looked somber as he followed behind his grandmother’s coffin, sporting military medals on his chest.

The decision to ban Harry and Andrew from wearing military uniforms at events following the Queen’s death in Balmoral last Thursday is a reminder that both now have limited involvement in the royal family.

Prince Harry spent 10 years in the army but was stripped of his honorary military titles in 2020 after he and wife Meghan Markle announced they were stepping down as senior working royals and moving abroad.

His uncle the Duke of York, who was forced to retire from public life in 2019 over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, is the only other king banned from wearing military uniforms at the ceremonial events and funeral.

Andrew (pictured) joined his siblings at a ceremonial vigil modeled on the Princes’ vigil last week

Prince Andrews could be seen throughout the events scheduled to commemorate Her Majesty and was also seen reading floral tributes with his daughters at Balmoral after the Queen’s death.

Previously, the Duke of York was allowed to wear his military uniform as he joined his siblings for a “final vigil” around his late mother’s coffin while she lay in state at Westminster Hall.

The Duke of York, 62, was pictured arriving with his younger brother, Prince Edward, in his full uniform for the London vigil after King Charles lifted a ban on him from wearing the outfit.

On Monday, the Queen’s children attended a similar Vigil of Princes ceremony at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, where they stood around their mother’s coffin.

Prince Andrew did not wear a military uniform during this ceremony as he is no longer a working royal.

As the Queen’s children, along with Prince William and Prince Harry, followed the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Tuesday, neither the Duke of York nor the Duke of Sussex were wearing their uniforms – instead dressed in suits.

However, when Andrew tonight repeated the ceremonial act with his siblings of “taking guard duty” and surrounding their mother’s coffin, the Falklands War veteran was allowed to wear his military uniform.

King Charles is believed to have lifted the ban on Andrew’s clothing as “a mark of respect for his mother”.

That evening, the King, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward stood silent vigil over their mother’s coffin for 10 minutes while the public passed.

Meanwhile, other members of the royal family, including Prince Edward’s wife Sophie Wessex, Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall and her husband Mike, and Prince Andrew’s daughters Beatrice and Eugenie, looked on in the stands.

New Queen Consort Camilla was also present in the stands as the family paid their respects to the late monarch.

Princess Beatrice’s husband, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, appeared visibly moved as he cupped his hands to his face while watching the solemn vigil.

With King Charles lifting the ban on Andrew and Harry from wearing their military uniforms, it is also expected that the Duke of Sussex will be allowed to wear them at a separate vigil for the Queen tomorrow night in what has been described as a ‘common sense victory’.

The Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex will reportedly join the Queen’s six other grandchildren for a special 15-minute vigil at Westminster Hall.

The eight grandchildren are believed to pay respects to the Queen by standing silently next to Her Majesty’s coffin – in a scene that will echo the princes’ vigil.

What uniforms and medals did members of the royal family wear at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral?

The King wore his Royal Navy uniform and his son and heir in RAF colors at the Queen’s funeral in reference to the branches of the armed forces in which they both served.

Both the Duke of Sussex and the Duke of York, who also served in the military, wore formal mourning attire for the state funeral as they are no longer working members of the royal family.

The king

The King wore the Royal Navy No. 1 tailcoat with sword, the collar of the Order of the Garter, the Order of the Thistle Sash, the Order of Merit, the Star of the Garter and the Thistle Star.

He also wore full size medals including the Queen’s Service Order (New Zealand), Coronation Medal, Silver Jubilee Medal, Golden Jubilee Medal, Diamond Jubilee Medal, Platinum Jubilee Medal and a Naval Long Service Good Conduct (LSGC) (three additional services). Bars).

Other medals included the Canadian Armed Forces Award (three x Additional Service Records), the New Zealand Commemorative Medal and the New Zealand Armed Forces Award.

Charles had a six-year military career, flying primarily for the Royal Navy.

Earl of Wessex

The Earl of Wessex wore the Blues Uniform with the rank of Honorary Royal Colonel of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry, with Garter Star and Sash and the Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) star.

He also wore silver, gold, diamond and platinum jubilee medals, the New Zealand Medal and the Canadian Forces Medal.

Prince Edward did not serve in the military, but spent a short time as an officer’s cadet in the Royal Marines after leaving university in the 1980s.

The Prince of Wales

The Prince of Wales wore the RAF No 1 Uniform with the Garter Sash with RAF Pilot Wings and the Garter Star Chest Order.

He also wore the gold, diamond and platinum jubilee medals.

William spent seven years in the military, including more than three years as a search and rescue pilot.

The Princess Royal

The Princess Royal wore full Royal Navy ceremonial uniform with the rank of Admiral.

She wore full size medals including the Queen’s Service Order, Coronation Medal, Silver, Gold, Diamond and Platinum Jubilee Medal, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (Royal Navy), Canadian Forces Decoration, Order of St John Service Medal and New Zealand Medal 1990.

Anne wore a decoration of a thistle sash and thistle star, as well as the Most Noble Order of the Garter (Garter Star), the Most Noble and Most Noble Order of the Thistle (Star) and the Royal Victorian Order (Knight Grand Cross). ).

She did not serve in the military but holds a number of honors and titles.

In the north Chinese province of Jiangxi, in the Yangtze River basin, a 67-year-old farmer walks through his paddy fields. After 49 consecutive days without rain but in the middle of the rainy season, the ground turned rock hard. “This year’s harvest is not good… The ears are empty and the rice grains don’t form because of the lack of rain, he breathes. Look, the land is very dry, it’s cracked all over.”

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The same observation on the neighboring property: “It hasn’t rained at all for two and a half months. The rice is not growing,” one tweeted. “Compared to a normal year, rice production will be reduced by two-thirds, said another farmer, Wang Xigong. At this point in the summer, it’s too late to recoup the losses. There is no cure.”

Every year, Chinese farmers learn more about the effects of global warming. For Xu Yinlong, a researcher at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, an awareness is slowly building up: “In the Yangtze River region, farmers are used to a lot of rain. Work against the drought must be intensified in the future with the construction of new water installations, new channels to transport water to the fields and the construction of pumping stations to improve drip irrigation.”

“Chinese agriculture is facing an unprecedented transformation. Drought resilience is still insufficient.”

Xu Yinlong, researcher at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences

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Rice fields, cotton fields, lotus fields… The water reserves are the lowest everywhere. The farmers try to get along with little means. “This year we bought a small pump that irrigates our fields, but it’s not enough to reach the higher land,” explains farmer Huang Fangming. The harvest has already died of thirst. The rice fields are dead.”

The authorities are concerned with one question: In view of climate change, will China be able to continue to feed its 1.4 billion inhabitants? This is a real concern for researcher Xu Yinlong. “China’s food security is an issue that is constantly monitored, because even in normal times, agricultural resources are not enough to feed all residents,” explains the expert. With climate change, it becomes a problem that becomes even more pressing. We must find new areas, especially in the north and west of the country. These regions were previously too cold to be built on. But thanks to the warming, these areas will be buildable,” the expert estimates.

A Chinese farmer is concerned about the September 2022 drought. (SEBASTIEN BERRIOT / RADIO FRANCE)

The situation is putting the Chinese government under pressure. In addition to food damage, the risk is also a social risk in rural China, where global warming is eroding farmers’ incomes. “My husband is disabled. If we don’t till the fields, we won’t have any other way of earning a living,” a farmer worries.

“How can I make a living? How can I find another job at my age? In recent years I have been able to grow rice and cotton, sell them and feed myself.

A Chinese farmer

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With the level of the Yangtze River plummeting again this summer at unprecedented levels, Jiangxi farmers are very pessimistic about the coming years. The river feeds all the plants in the basin. “If this continues, many rice fields will be abandoned, one man complains. How is it possible that we don’t worry?”

In China, agriculture is at risk in the face of global warming: report by Sébastien Berriot

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