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These are modern reconstructions of the Ark of the Covenant. Chests with images on top and with carrying poles are known from ancient Egypt. The depictions of the cherubs here are based on winged…
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Biblical Period
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In Jewish tradition, the command to “bind them [God’s words] as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead” is understood as requiring passages from the Torah to be written on…
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Qumran, Land of Israel (Khirbat Qumrān, Israel)
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Second Temple Period
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18th Century
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6th Century BCE
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Tel Batash, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Late Bronze Age, 14th Century BCE
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Ashkelon, Land of Israel (Tel Ashkelon, Israel)
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Middle Bronze Age, 16th Century BCE
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Ashdod, Land of Israel (Tel Ashdod, Israel)
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Iron Age I, Late 11th or Early 10th Century BCE
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This bull figurine, 7 × 5 inches (17.5 cm × 12 cm), was cast in bronze with considerable detail. It combines highly realistic features—horns and ears, genitalia, legs and hooves—with more stylized…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
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Iron Age I, Early 12th Century BCE
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This black stone seal, from the City of David in Jerusalem, depicts two bearded men with their hands raised in a gesture of worship, flanking an altar or pedestal. The crescents on the altar or…
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City of David, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
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Iron Age IIB–IIC, Mid-8th–Mid-7th Century BCE
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Dordrecht, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
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1590–1611