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Caesarea Expeditions

The official home of the Combined Caesarea Expeditions, an amphibious research project that joins excavation of the terrestrial remains of Caesarea Maritima with underwater investigation of the site's ancient harbor....

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Caesarea Expeditions

Construction of the Harbour Mole. The official home of the Combined Caesarea Expeditions, an amphibious research project that joins excavation of the terrestrial remains of Caesarea Maritima with underwater investigation of the site's ancient harbor. The University of Maryland and the University of Haifa sponsor the project, along with a group of d...

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Ioudaios Review

Archived issues of IOUDAIOS REVIEW. Primarily concerned with Judaism in the Greco-Roman period, although some reviews on early Christian studies are also available....

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Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

"The new website of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, maintained by its Information Division, provides a broad range of information about Israel and its people, and comprehensive material on Israeli government, policies and foreign relations. "...

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Inscriptions from the Land of Israel

Inscriptions from the Land of Israel: Michael L. Satlow. This project seeks to collect and make available all the inscriptions from the Land of Israel that date from the Hellenistic period (c. 330 BCE) through the Persian conquest (614 C.E.). These inscriptions were written and carved in stone (and other durable materials) and inlaid in mosaics. Th...

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Israel from the Air [At israel.gov]

Israel from the Air [At israel.gov] Pictures of archeological sites derived from the many peoples who built and ruled upon this land. Pictures of David's city, Masada, Acre, Meggido, Qumran, among others. Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

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Colby-related Archaeological Projects in Israel

Colby-related Archaeological Projects in Israel: Department of Religious Studies; Colby College, Waterville, Maine 04901. "Archaeology at Colby College draws together faculty and students from the Departments of Religious Studies, Anthropology, Classics, and Geology in an interdisciplinary collaboration which has proved to be both stimulating and r...

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Inscribed Ossuary

Jordan: Jifna; ca. 70 B.C.- 70 A.D. Limestone. Oriental Museum. Gift of Dr. Harold H. Willoughby, 1953. "The name "Yo-ezer the scribe" is inscribed on one end of this ossuary, a repository for bones. Around the end of the 1st century B.C., Jewish burial practices changed from primary burial in wooden coffins to secondary burial in small limestone c...

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Gaming Board

Israel: Megiddo, Stratum VIIA; Late Bronze Age II, 13th century B.C. Ivory inlaid with gold and blue paste. Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1936-7. "Two types of gaming boards are found among the Megiddo ivories- one for the "game of 58 holes" and the other for the "game of 20 squares." This is one of four similarly-shaped gaming boards for th...

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Four-Horned Incense Altar

Israel: Megiddo, Stratum VA-IVB; Iron Age IIA, 10th century B.C. Limestone. Excavated by the Oriental Institute, 1926. "Horned altars are described in the Bible and have been discovered at many Iron Age Israelite sites. This example is probably too small to have been used for animal sacrifice, but may have served for the other three types of offeri...

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