Inscriptions and documents from ancient Israel’s neighbors, especially Assyria and Babylonia, provide important historical context.
On this fragmentary stela, written in Aramaic in the late ninth century BCE and found at the city of Dan in northern Israel, an Aramaean king, perhaps Hazael of Damascus, records his defeat of two Israelite kings, possibly Joram, son of Ahab, king of Israel, and also Ahaziah, son of Joram of the House of David, king of Judah. Many of the restorations, though based on similar texts, are uncertain.
Harvesting and threshing in Egyptian painting, from the tomb of Pa-heri (New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, 15th century BCE). In the lower register, on the right, reapers are followed by a woman and child…
Gidal began his career as a photographer at a time when the invention of lightweight cameras enabled a more spontaneous type of documentary photography. Photographers could now double as journalists…
This is a modern artist’s illustration of a painting of a seated male in profile, perhaps an enthroned dignitary. The painting was made on a potsherd from Ramat Rahel. It measures around 5 × 3 inches…