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Bulla of Hezekiah from Jerusalem (Ophel)
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Belonging to Hizkiyahu (Hezekiah), (son of) Ahaz, king of Judah.

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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Monarchy, Writing, Leadership
Brickmaking by Prisoners
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Brickmaking by prisoners. Thebes, Egypt, 15th century BCE. This mural, from the tomb of the vizier Rekh-me-re, shows Semitic (“Asiatic”) and Nubian prisoners of war making mud bricks and repairing a…

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Thebes, Egypt (Luxor, Egypt)

Date:

New Kingdom (Egypt), 15th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Passover, Labor, Human rights, Violence

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Visual & Material Culture, Inscriptions, History
Mural of people carrying bricks, measuring blocks, and pouring buckets.
Tel Dan Stela
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Tel Dan Stela

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Dan, Land of Israel (Tel Dan, Israel)

Date:

Late 9th Century BCE

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Archaeology, Monarchy, War, Violence

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History, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions, Visual & Material Culture
Stone tablet in two fragments inscribed with Hebrew writing.
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

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Architecture
Piece of wall inscribed with Hebrew.
City Square and Gatehouse, Beersheba
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City square and gatehouse, Beersheba. The foundations of the gate’s chambers are visible at the upper left of the square. Squares just inside or outside of city gates were places of public gathering…

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

Date:

Biblical Period

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Cities, Archaeology

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Visual & Material Culture
Aerial photograph of stone city ruins.
Lampstand (Menorah) Depiction from Roman Period Jerusalem
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Lampstand (menorah) depiction from Jerusalem in a plaster engraving (1st century BCE–1st century CE). It is difficult to reconstruct what the lampstands of Exodus 25:31–35 and 1 Kings 7:49 looked like…

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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Roman Period, 1st Century BCE or CE

Subjects:

Temple, Ritual object, Art, Hanukkah, Archaeology

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Visual & Material Culture, Biblical Law, Sculpture, Law
Plaster relief with image of seven-branched candelabrum.
Hybrid Creatures with Six Wings
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Hybrid creatures with six wings, Syria, 10th or 9th century BCE. Numerous hybrid creatures, often winged, that combined features of various animals, are known from ancient art. Another example is the…

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Gozan, Aram-Damascus (Tall Ḩalaf, Syria)

Date:

Iron Age II, 10th–9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Angels, demons & deities, Animals

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Visual & Material Culture, Sculpture
Relief of figure with six wings and headdress.

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