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Seals from numerous sites in ancient Israel and elsewhere in the Levant have schematic depictions of two or three people with hands linked or raised, reaching toward each other. All the members of the…
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Abel Beth Maachah, Land of Israel
(Tel Avel Bet Ma‘akha, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE
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This pair of bronze cymbals from a Canaanite stratum in Megiddo has a bronze loop set into the center of each cymbal for a finger. The Bible often refers to Israelites using cymbals that undoubtedly…
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Megiddo, Land of Israel
(Tel Megiddo, Israel)
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Iron Age I, 12th–10th Century BCE
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This limestone cosmetic bowl from Megiddo has mosaic decoration around the rim. It consists of alternating circular and bud-shaped inlays of blue and brown glass. Some are now missing. The central…
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Megiddo, Land of Israel
(Tel Megiddo, Israel)
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Iron Age II, 8th–7th Century BCE
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This flute from Tel Goren at En Gedi, 4 inches long and .67 inches wide (10 × 2 cm), is made from the hollowed shaft of an animal bone. The hole near the center was probably for blowing air across the…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel
(Tel Goren, Israel)
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Iron Age IIC, End of 7th−Beginning of 6th Century BCE
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Large conch-type shells can be used to make music by blowing through closed lips into an opening cut at the narrow end of the shell. Because the spiral-shaped cavity of each shell is distinct, each…
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Hazor, Land of Israel
(Tel Hazor, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA, 9th Century BCE
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Bianca Eshel-Gershuni
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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1981
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Barry Frydlender
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Haifa, Israel
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2000
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Joshua Glotman
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2000
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Zoya Cherkassky
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Tel Aviv, Israel
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2001