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
Anthropomorphic recipient (goddess)                    
from Tell Qasile, Israel.
#08051041

Anthropomorphic recipient (goddess) from Tell Qasile, Israel...

Female figurine, lily in her hands, red-yellow         
coloured traces of black paint on the stylized         
hairdo, from southern Syria.                           
Pottery, Late Iron Age                                 
Height 15.7 cm
#08051042

Female figurine, lily in her hands, red-yellow coloured traces of black...

Head of goddess Astarte,                               
from the Hebron area, Israel.                          
Pottery, Israelite Iron Age                            
Height 4.6 cm
#08051043

Head of goddess Astarte, from the Hebron area, Is...

Astarte with stylized                                  
hairdo, arms along the body,                           
from the Gaza Strip, Israel.                           
Ivory, Iron Age II                                     
Height 9.9 cm
#08051045

Astarte with stylized hairdo, arms along the b...

Head of a Jewess with diadem of pearls, two long       
curls falling on her shoulders, two rows of pearls     
around her neck, from the Hebron district, Israel.     
Ivory, Late Iron Age II                                
Height 5.3 cm
#08051046

Head of a Jewess with diadem of pearls, two long curls falling on her sho...

Egyptian goddess Astarte in a temple,                  
from the Gaza Strip, Israel.                           
Pottery (586-100 BCE)                                  
Height 11.7 cm
#08051047

Egyptian goddess Astarte in a temple, from the Gaza Strip, Isr...

Fertility figure,                                      
from Jerusalem, Israel.                                
Terracotta, Iron Age II
#08051049

Fertility figure, from Jerusalem, Israel....

Edomite figurine,                                      
bought in Jerusalem                                    
Pottery, Iron Age II                                   
Height 5.7 cm
#08051050

Edomite figurine, bought in Jerusalem...

Red jasper seal with winged uraeus (snake),            
from Jerusalem, Israel.                                
Length 1.8 cm
#08051051

Red jasper seal with winged uraeus (snake), from Jerusalem, Israel....

Part of a Hebrew alphabet tablet                       
with ten letters, Shin to R,                           
found near Hebron, Israel.                             
Stone, Early Iron Age II                               
3 x 1.7 x 4.2 cm - Inv. H 815
#08051112

Part of a Hebrew alphabet tablet with ten letters, Shin t...

Brown jasper seal with Hebrew inscription:             
Lidnihu son of Nadnihu. Found near Jerusalem.          
(800-700 BCE) Iron Age I                               
1.8 x 1.2 x 2.1 cm                                     
Inv. R.E.H. 105
#08051113

Brown jasper seal with Hebrew inscription: Lidnihu son of Nadnihu....

Letter from the commander of the fortress of Lachish,  
announcing the fall to Syrian troops of Aseka, another 
outpost on the road to Jerusalem. A sentence reads:    
"I do not see the lights of Aseka anymore ..."  Clay  
sherd covered with reed-pen and carbon ink writing.
#08051115

Letter from the commander of the fortress of Lachish, announcing the fall to...