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Well at Beersheba
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Well at Beersheba. This well was in use during the ninth and eighth centuries BCE and again in the Persian and Hellenistic periods (6th–2ndcenturies BCE). It is found just outside the city gate. The…

Places:

Beer Sheva, Land of Israel (Tel Be'er Sheva, Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Archaeology, Marriage, Economic life, Cities, Technology
Photograph of stone well with rope system and two figures standing on the side.
The Siloam Inscription
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[The matter of] the breakthrough: And this is the matter of the breakthrough. While [the hewers were swinging the] axe, each towards his companion, and while there were still three cubits to he[w…

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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

End of 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Labor, Cities, Technology, Writing, Architecture

Categories:

Architecture
Piece of wall inscribed with Hebrew.