262. ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGI EXCAVATED SOUTH OF GAZA DATING FROM LATE CNAANITE PERIOD; 14-13TH. C. B.C. SEVERAL DOZENS OF THESE CALY MADE, HUMAN SIZE, COFFINS WERE EXCAVATED, ALL HAVE DIFFERENT FACES.

2686. COLOMBARIUM – NICHES CUT OUT IN THE SOFT ROCK FOR NESTING OF DOVES, USED FOR FOOD. LATE ROMAN PERIOD, HURVAT MADRASS

2863. STATUE OF PRINCE GUDEA, NEO SUMERIAN PERIOD, C. 2130 B.C.

3200. STONE ANCHORS FROM GREEK AND ROMAN SHIPS

3212. BACK SIDE OF THE TEMPLE SUN-CLOCK; A SEVEN BRANCHED MENORAH, A SYMBOL CLOSELY RELATED WITH THE TEMPLE PRIESTS. THE TWO INDENTATIONS WERE USED TO CALIBRATE THE CLOCK FOR JERUSALEM TIME BY PLACING IT IN A CERTAIN SPOT WHICH WOULD FIT THE INDENTATIONS

3335. ROMAN AQUADUCT WHICH BROUGHT WATER TO CAESAREA FROM THE SLOPES OF MT. CARMEL NEAR TEL MEVORAH

3529. DECANTER WITH A ‘ROYAL ROSETTE’ ON IT’S HANDLE FOUND IN THE CITY OF DAVID EXCAVATIONS. THE ROSETTE STAMP WAS A ROYAL SIGN WHICH INDICATES THAT THE DECANTER MAY HAVE BELONGED TO THE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD OF OF THE KINGS OF JUDEA

3556. ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK: SEARCHING FOR METAL OBJECTS WITH AN ELECTRONIC METAL DETECTOR. DOR EXCAVATIONS

3559. ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK: REMOVING LARGE QUANTITIES OF EARTH IN ORDER TO REACH THE FLOOR LEVEL, DOR EXCAVATIONS

3562. ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK: NUMBERING AND REGISTERING THE SMALL FINDS

3564. ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK: ALL SHERDS ARE BEING WASHED BEFORE REGISTRATION

3567. ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK: UNCOVERING A MOSAIC FLOOR IN SEPPHORIS

3568. ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK: CLEANING A HERODIAN CAPITAL IN THE EXCAVATIONS OF HEROD’S PALACE IN JERICHO

3569. ARCHEOLOGICAL FIELD WORK: EXCAVATING POTTERY

3584. A SCRIBE REGISTERING QUANTITIES OF HARVESTED WHEAT, POSSIBLY FOR TAXING PURPOSES, THEBES, TOMB OF MENNA, 1420 – 1411 B.C.

3673. BONE MADE DICE AND OTHER GAME PIECES EXCAVATED IN TEL MIRSIM, C. 15TH. C. BC

3891. LARGE BASIN THAT WAS PROFFESIONALY REPAIRED – MAMLUKE PERIOD

4151. THE MONASTERY OF MARTYRIUS DATING FROM THE 5TH. C. AD, EAST OF JERUSALEM – BRONZE OIL LAMPS

4301. A POMEGRANATE AND DATE PIPS FOUND IN THE EXCAVATIONS OF A ROMAN SITE NEAR THE DEAD SEA

4303. EARLYEST ARCHAIC SPHINX, SPARTA, 570 BC

447. MASADA – REMAINS OF A ‘TALIT’ (PRAYER SHAWL), NOTE THE BLACK EMBROIDERED GREEK LETTER ‘GAMA’ WHICH WAS TYPICAL OF WOMEN’S SHAWLS.

4709. FAIANCE DIE USED IN CULT PROGNOSTICATION OR GAMES

4720. GRINDING STONES AND OTHER STONE TOOLS FOUND IN TEL DAN EXCAVATIONS DATING FROM C. 12TH. C. BC,

4732. DOR EXCAVATIONS – ROMAN PERIOD CERAMIC RITONS, DRINKING VESSELS DECORATED WITH HUMAN AND ANIMAL IMAGES

4734. DOR EXCAVATIONS, BONE DISKS, POSSIBLY ENTRANCE TOKENS TO THE THEATER

4935. JERICHO, STUCKO PLASTER DECORATIONS FROM THE WALLS OF HEROD’S PALACE

4937. JERICHO, DECORATED PLASTER FROM A BURRIAL CAVE

4944. BETH SHEMESH EXCAVATIONS – REMAINS OF THE EARLYEST IRON PRODUCTION DATING FROM 10-9TH. C. BC. PIC: CERAMIC ‘BLOWING PIPES’ USED TO INCREASE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MELTING IRON

5029. SUSIYA – JEWISH TOWN DATING FROM THE 4 TO 7TH. C. AD IN THE JUDEAN HILLCOUNTRY SOUTH OF HEBRON. A LARGE SYNAGOGUE WITH A BEAUTYFUL MOSAIC FLOOR WAS EXCAVATED ON THE SITE. DOORPOSTS OF A HOUSE WITH STONE CARVED SLOTS, POSSIBLY FOR THE MEZUZAH

5035. TEL ACCO, CROSS-SECTION SHOWING THE VARRIOUS ARCHEOLOGICAL LEVELS

5165. The Canaanite City Gate of Ashkelon, The gate was built in c. 1850 BCE as part of the city’s fortification system, and is built mostly of mud bricks partly covered with white plaster. This is the most ancient arched gate in the world, it is 15 meters long, over 2 meters wide, and almost […]

5228. CHILD’S SANDALS, 15TH, C, BC. EGYPT

5238. MODEL OF LIVER MADE OF CLAY, INSCRIBED WITH OMENS AND MAGICAL FORMULAE FOR THE USE OF DIVINERS . BABYLON, C. 1830-1530 BC.

5399. Group of lepers begging ner the Mary’s Tomb in Jerusalem. Photograph from arround 1910