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This comb is from a Philistine site at Ekron, but combs looked the same throughout the region.
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Ekron, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)
Date:
Iron Age I, 11th Century BCE
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This mirror was found in the Moringa burial cave at En Gedi; its tang would have been fitted into a handle, now missing, made of metal, ivory, or bone (see Ivory and Bone Carvings and Engraved…
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‘En Gedi, Land of Israel (‘En Gedi, Israel)
Date:
Persian Period, 5th Century BCE
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These cosmetic implements from Gibeon include a limestone bowl decorated with small, incised circles and two bronze spatulas. Tweezers for plucking hairs have also been found.
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Gibeon, Land of Israel (Gibeon, West Bank)
Date:
Iron Age I–II, 12th–6th Century BCE
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This Persian carpet, manufactured between 1600 and 1630, was later used for a reader’s desk and desk cover in the Portuguese Synagogue in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Artist Unknown
Places:
The Hague, Dutch Republic (The Hague, Netherlands)
Date:
1600–1726