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Trees


Cedars, pines, fruit trees etc.



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Arava, Israel, a wide valley which stretches from the southern end of the Dead Sea to the northern end of Gulf of Akkaba. It is a near-desert region with sheer rock walls. Acacias are the only trees which grow there and are mentioned as firewood in the Bible.
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Arava, Israel, a wide valley which stretches from the southern end of the Dead...

The 1000 year old oak tree in the sanctuary of Dan, Israel. Jeroboam placed the Golden Calf near the Holy Oak (I.Kings 12:26) and Dan became the center of the cult of the Northern tribes. Dan was conquered and destroyed by Ben Haddad, King of Damascus, 9th BCE.
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The 1000 year old oak tree in the sanctuary of Dan, Israel. Jeroboam placed...

Terracotta bowl. Drawing inside: river with a palm tree on either side. From the excavations at Gezer.
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Terracotta bowl. Drawing inside: river wi...

Oil lamp with tree-of-life ornament.
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Oil lamp with tree-of-life ornament.

Snake on a tree trunk. Terracotta.
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Snake on a tree trunk. Terracotta.

Capital shaped like a palm tree. Ivory (about 1200 BCE) from Megiddo, Israel Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
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Capital shaped like a palm tree. Ivory (about 1200 BCE) f...

Capital shaped like a palm tree, pierced from top to bottom. Ivory, from Megiddo, Israel Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
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Capital shaped like a palm tree, pierced from top to bott...

Stylized palm tree. Carved ivory plaque from Arslan Tash, the ancient Hadatu, palace site of the Assyrian kings, Northern Syria Height: 1 cm.
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Stylized palm tree. Carved ivory plaque from Arslan Tash, the an...

Egyptian God Hah holding a palm branch in either hands. From one depends an Ankh sign. Hah represents millions or inifinity and the palm branches years. Fragment of an ivory plaque with series of figures from Samaria, Israel. Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
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Egyptian God Hah holding a palm branch in either hands. From one depends...

A "sacred tree" and a palmette. Carved ornament used as a border on an ivory plaque from Samaria, Israel Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
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A "sacred tree" and a palmette. Carved ornament used as...

Lotus and palmette reliefs. Carved ivory plaques with blue inlay from Megiddo, Israel Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
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Lotus and palmette reliefs. Carved ivory plaques wit...

Palm tree. Carved ivory plaque from Samaria, Israel Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
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Palm tree. Carved ivory plaque...