Prehistory


Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age.



5 subcategories
Bronze Age

BRONZE AGE

Celtic

CELTIC

Iron Age

IRON AGE

Neolithic (Young Stone Age)

NEOLITHIC (YOUNG STONE AGE)

Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age)

PALAEOLITHIC (OLD STONE AGE)

1,733 photos
Fertility symbol (vulva or grain of cereal).           
Oval basalt pebble with incision on one side,          
from the fishponds of Sha'ar Hagolan                   
Size 9 x 5.5 cm                                        
Inv. R-509
#080508 6

Fertility symbol (vulva or grain of cereal). Oval basalt pebble with...

Offering table with lion heads                         
on all four corners.                                   
Limestone
#080508 9

Offering table with lion heads on all four corners....

Bowl decorated with duck heads and serpents.                           
                                  
Serpentine stone
#08050810

Bowl decorated with duck heads and serpents....

"Shrine of the Steles"                                 
Canaanite temple from Hazor.                           
Basalt
#08050812

"Shrine of the Steles" Canaanite temple from Ha...

Incense stand decorated with birds and serpents.       
Pottery. These decorations found frequently during the       
Israelite Period. From Beth Shan
#08050818

Incense stand decorated with birds and serpents. Pottery. These decorati...

Incense stand in the form of a chalice,                
nine male faces around the base,                       
from Beth Oula in the Hebron Hills.                    
From the Dayan Collection. Size 28 x 17.25 cm          
Inv. H 492
#08050819

Incense stand in the form of a chalice, nine male faces around t...

Incense stand in the form of a chalice.                
Air flowing through the holes in the stand             
facilitates the burning of the incense                 
placed in the bowl on top.                             
Pottery
#08050820

Incense stand in the form of a chalice. Air flowing through the...

Small domestic shrine: model of a temple               
with two pillars and voluted capitals,                 
from  Megiddo.                                         
Clay, beginning of the Israelite monarchy
#08050821

Small domestic shrine: model of a temple with two pillars and vol...

Small domestic shrine, viewed from the side.           
See also 08-05-08/21. Model of a temple with           
two pillars and voluted capitals,                      
from Megiddo                                           
Clay, beginning of the Israelite monarchy
#08050822

Small domestic shrine, viewed from the side. See also 08-05-08/21. Mo...

Model of a shrine,                                     
Phoenician type                                        
Clay (around 1000-800 BCE)
#08050823

Model of a shrine, Phoenician type...

Horned altar,                                          
from Megiddo                                           
Limestone (around 900 BCE)
#08050824

Horned altar, from Megiddo...

Holy of Holies in the temple of Arad,                  
reconstructed by the Israel Museum.
#08050825

Holy of Holies in the temple of Arad, reconstructed by the Is...