 Some support the theory that in the Galilee, rock-cut tombs only had a comeback after the destruction of Jerusalem and the influx of refugees from Judaea after 70 CE (Keddie 2019, p. 237).Elite burials happened in two phases, the second burial consisting in collecting the bones after the decomposition of the body and placing them in specific places within the tomb - a procedure known as "ossilegium".During the early Hasmonean period at Jericho, the bones were placed back in the primary burial niches or on benches.