Showing Results 1 - 2 of 2
Burial Chamber from Ketef Hinnom Cemetery
Restricted
Image
Shown here is a reconstructed burial chamber from Ketef Hinnom, on exhibit at the Israel Museum. There are ledges along the side and back walls, with low parapets visible along two of the ledges. A…

Places:

Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Jerusalem, Family, Burial, Gravestones & tombs, Architecture

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Architecture
Interior room with ledges, one of which holds a skeleton, and a floor covered with pottery.
Four Room House Plan
Restricted
Image
“Four-room” house plan, Iron Age II. The typical Israelite dwelling was a rectangular or square house of between roughly 500 and 1,200 square feet (50–110 sq m). It is often called a “four-room” or…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Iron Age II, 10th–6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Cities, Family, Economic life, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Line drawing of rectangular house plan with internal walls indicated.