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Gezer, Land of Israel (Tel Gezer, Israel)
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Early Iron Age
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The palm and the palmette are common iconographic elements in ancient Near Eastern art, appearing, for example, in ivory decoration (see Ivory and Bone Carvings and Engraved Seashells) and in Assyrian…
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Ramat Rahel, Land of Israel (Ramat Rahel, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Late 8th–Early 7th Century BCE
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Beer Sheva, Land of Israel (Tel Be'er Sheva, Israel)
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Biblical Period
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[The matter of] the breakthrough: And this is the matter of the breakthrough. While [the hewers were swinging the] axe, each towards his companion, and while there were still three cubits to he[w…
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
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End of 8th Century BCE
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The Arad sanctuary today exists in ruins (image on left), and scholars have attempted its reconstruction (right). The sanctuary included a building with a broad hall approximately 35 feet (10.5 m)…
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Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Palm imagery is a common motif in decorative architectural elements like window balustrades. Each of the four columns in this partial restoration from the biblical period is six inches in diameter and…
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Ramat Rahel, Land of Israel (Ramat Rahel, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Late 8th–Early 7th Century BCE
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Iron Age II, 10th–6th Century BCE
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The masonry in the royal palace of Samaria, the capital of the Northern Kingdom, is considered the finest example of ashlar masonry from the Iron Age. The blocks are cut so well that they fit together…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE
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This ivory relief bears a common motif, found in ivories from Syria and nearby areas as well: a woman stares straight out from a window set in a triply recessed frame with a balustrade in front. Her…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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Alfred Mansfeld
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Jerusalem, Israel
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1965