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This category lists articles archaeological artifacts from ancient Israel, the Second Temple period, and the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods in the Land of Israel Pages in category "Israelite and Jewish archaeological artifacts"
The Society changed its name to the Jewish Palestine Exploration Society in 1920 and later to the Israel Exploration Society. [ 121 ] [ 122 ] The British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem began operating in 1921, after R. A. Stewart Macalister and Duncan Mackenzie of the Palestine Exploration Fund appealed to the British government for the ...
The chronological periods are abbreviated in this way: Pa - Paleolithic; EP - Epipalaeolithic; Ne - Neolithic; Ch - Chalcolithic; EB - Early Bronze Age; IB - Intermediate Bronze Age (also called "Early Bronze IV" and "Middle Bronze I")
The artifact appears to reference the Second Temple, though it was made over 200 years after the temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. Archaeologists discovered depictions of an incense shovel, a ...
Ancient Jewish art, is art created by Jews in both the Land of Israel and in the Diaspora prior to the Middle Ages. It features symbolic or figurative motifs often influenced by biblical themes, religious symbols, and the dominant cultures of the time, including Egyptian , Hellenistic , and Roman art .
A trove of religious artifacts stolen from Jewish synagogues and homes in Europe during the Holocaust are now in the hands of U.S. authorities who plan to return them to their communities of origin.
Israel Museum: 1993, Tel Dan: c.800 BC: Old Aramaic: Significant as an extra-biblical corroboration of Israel's past, particularly in lines 8 and 9, which mention a "king of Israel" and a "house of David". The latter is generally understood by scholars to refer to the ruling dynasty of Judah.
Israel's ultranationalist heritage minister has ordered officials to examine the legality of the U.S. government's historic repatriation of the artifact to the Palestinians earlier this month, and ...