Well at Beersheba

Biblical Period

Photograph of stone well with rope system and two figures standing on the side.
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Provenance and Dating of Artifacts from the Biblical Period

Biblical Period

Artifacts help historians reconstruct the past, using layers of excavation to establish the chronology of the sites they excavate.

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