The storage jars were likely manufactured along the Syrian and Lebanese coasts, said Yannai. The cave's finds include deep and shallow bowls-some painted red-along with footed chalices, cooking pots, storage jars, and oil lamps. These are precisely the days of the famous king, Ramses II-the one some identify with the story of the Exodus.'

We are talking about the Late Bronze Age. The defiant leader Moses rises up against Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II, setting six hundred thousand slaves on a monumental.

'It's not every day that you see an Indiana Jones set-a cave with vessels on the floor that hasn't been touched in 3,300 years. 'This is a once-in-a-lifetime find,' Yannai told The Jerusalem Post. 'These economic and social processes are reflected in the burial cave that contains pottery vessels imported from Cyprus and from Ugarit on the northern Syrian coast, as well as from nearby coastal towns, including Yafo, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gaza, and Tel Ajjul,' Yannai said. Egypt provided secure conditions for international trade along the coast at that time. IAA Bronze Age expert Eli Yannai dates the cave to the Late Bronze Age, before the biblical Exodus from Egypt when the city of Yavneh-then still in Canaan – was under the control of the 19th Egyptian dynasty. Paris (AFP) A mega exhibition honouring the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II opens this week in Paris, with his sarcophagus making a rare voyage abroad for the occasion. Israel Antiquities Authority/Emil Aladjem A 13th-century BCE burial cave from the time of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II was discovered in Israel on September 14. Inside the ancient burial cave found at Palmachim Beach.

Picture of pharaoh ramses ii