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The archaeological excavation at Mamshit uncovered the largest hoard of coins ever found in Israel: 10,500 silver coins in a bronze jar, dating to the 3rd century CE. [86] Among the Nabatean cities found in the Negev ( Avdat , Haluza , Shivta ) Mamshit is the smallest (10 acres), but the best preserved and restored.
The Bible Unearthed: Archaeology's New Vision of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts is a 2001 a book by Israel Finkelstein, Professor of Archaeology at Tel Aviv University, and Neil Asher Silberman, an archaeologist, historian and contributing editor to Archaeology Magazine.
This description contains the name "A-ha-ab-bu Sir-ila-a-a" which is generally accepted to be a reference to Ahab king of Israel, [12] [13] although it is the only known reference to the term "Israel" in Assyrian and Babylonian records, a fact brought up by some scholars who dispute the proposed translation. COS 2.113A / ANET 277–278
In Search of 'Ancient Israel': A Study in Biblical Origins, Sheffield (JSOT Press, 1992). Davis, Thomas, Shifting sands: the rise and fall of Biblical archaeology (New York: Oxford University Press, 2004). Dever, William G., "Archaeology and the Bible: Understanding their special relationship", in Biblical Archaeology Review 16:3, (May/June 1990)
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")
Tel Sheva (Hebrew: תל שבע) or Tel Be'er Sheva (Hebrew: תל באר שבע), also known as Tell es-Seba (تل السبع), [1] is an archaeological site in the Southern District of Israel, believed to be the site of the ancient biblical town of Beer-sheba. [2] The site lies east of modern Beersheba and west of the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva.
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
Tel Masos (Tel Mashush, Arabic: Khirbat al-Mashush, Khirbat el Mashash) is an archaeological site in Israel, in northern Negev, about 15 kilometres southeast of Beer-Sheva, along the Beer-Sheva River. It is actually a cluster of different sites scattered around the wells in the area.