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‘Atiqot 54 (2006)
ISBN 2948-040X
Human Skeletal Remains from a Second -Temple-Period Tomb in Arnona, Jerusalem
(pp. 117–120)
Joe Zias
Keywords: anthropology, paleopathology, trauma, ethnicity
A minimum of 41 individuals was recovered from the tomb. The demographic profile shows that 51% of the population died before age 18, in accord with other reported figures from the period. The pathology of the interred is unique, representing the first reported incident of tuberculosis in an ancient Jewish population.