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Sacred Tree Furniture Inlay
This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting a sacred tree. It was excavated from Samaria and dates to the Iron Age II (9th–8th century BCE). It has a width of 9.9 cm and a diameter of 6.5 cm. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The Israel...
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Royal Fortress Gate, Hazor
This object is an ancient Israelite royal fortress gate, made out of limestone. It was excavated from Hazor and dates to the Iron Age II (9th BCE). (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Used with permission. Israel...
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Striding Sphinx Furniture Inlay
This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting a striding sphinx. It was excavated from Samaria and dates to the Iron Age II (9th–8th century BCE). It has a length of 3.3 cm and a width of 2.6 cm. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The...
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Samarian Furniture Inlay with Palmettes
This object is an ivory furniture inlay depicting palmettes, ornamental palm leaves. It was excavated from Samaria and dates to the Iron Age II (9th–8th century BCE). It has a height of 17.6 cm and a length of 3.4 cm. (The Israel Museum...
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Pedestal for the Figure of a Deity, Taanach
This object is pedestal for the figure of a deity. It was excavated from Taanach and dates to the Iron Age I (10th century BCE). It has a height of 53.7 cm, a width of 22 cm, and a length of 24.5 cm. (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) ©The...
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Model Shrine, Israel
This object is a pottery model shrine. It was excavated from Rehov and dates to the Iron Age II (9th Century BCE). It has a height of 40 cm (14.7 in) and a width of 30 cm (11.8 in). (The Israel Museum, Jerusalem) The Israel Museum, Jerusalem...
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The Archaeological Excavations at Magdala
Magdala, known as Migdal in Hebrew (מִגְדָּל: tower) and also as Taricheae (Ταριχέα, from the Greek Τάριχος or tarichos: preserved by salting or drying fish), was an important fishing...
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God
God' is the common word for the identity of a higher being in the universe beyond our world, the creator of all known existence, and who rules in conjunction with lower gradients of divinity (angels). In Greek, theikos ("divine") meant to...
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Diasporic Communities in the Mediterranean & Beyond
A diaspora is a large group of people with a similar heritage or homeland who have since moved from their original homelands to another country. In terms of ethnicity, they share a common language, worldviews, myths, religious concepts and...
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Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the designation of Jesus of Nazareth (d. c. 30 CE), who was an itinerant Jewish prophet from the Galilee in northern Israel. He preached the imminent intervention in human affairs by the God of the Jews, when God would establish...