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Belonging to Gealyahu son of the king.
Translated by Nahman Avigad and Benjamin Sass.
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Beth Zur, Land of Israel
(Khirbat Ţubayqah, West Bank)
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End of 7th–Beginning of 6th Century BCE
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Miriam, Aristobolus and Dina.
Miriam:Mother!
Enter Alexandra, Miriam’s mother.
Alex:Your shouting will wake the dead. A little refinement, Miriam, you’re no longer a little girl.
Miriam:It…
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Edna Mazya
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
2000
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Dan, Land of Israel
(Tel Dan, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Late 9th Century BCE
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Iron Age IIC, 7th Century BCE
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The Sultan Selim loved the Jews very much, for he realized that with their help he could strike nations and kill mighty kings. [ . . . ] And it came to pass on the third day, when the…
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Elijah Capsali
Places:
Candia, Republic of Venice
(Heraklion, Greece)
Date:
ca. 1523
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Jerusalem, Land of Israel
(Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE
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The rosette, impressed on a jar handle here, may have been a royal insignia during the last decades of the Judean monarchy, around the late seventh century BCE. It was found at Ramat Rahel, an…
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Ramat Rahel, Land of Israel
(Ramat Rahel, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIC, Last Third of 7th Century BCE
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In the ancient Near East, images of paired lions served as guardians at building entrances and on furniture, where these two figurines from Samaria were presumably placed. According to 1 Kings 10:19…
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Samaria, Land of Israel
(Samaria, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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This leaf-shaped ivory relief from Samaria depicts Horus as a child sitting on a lotus flower. The lotus was a symbol of regeneration, and because, in Egyptian belief, each pharaoh was considered an…
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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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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