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Goddess Astarte, from the Gaza Strip, Israel. Pottery figurine Height 16 cm
#08051058

Goddess Astarte, from the Gaza Strip, Isr...

Girl holding a dove, from Jericho district, Israel. Plaster figurine, Late Hellenistic/Early Roman Period Height 13.9 cm
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Girl holding a dove, from Jericho district, I...

Table for libations from the Serapeum with Aramaic inscription, bought in Memphis by Mariette. Limestone 29 x 58 x 34 cm - AO 4824
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Table for libations from the Serapeum with Aramaic inscription...

The Alexander Hoard: a small terracotta jug in which 20 drachmas with the portrait of of Alexander the Great were found.
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The Alexander Hoard: a small terracotta jug in which 20 drachmas wit...

Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-163 BCE), Seleucidan king of Syria who, by his imposition of Greek law and customs in Judea, caused the Macabeean Revolt (167 BCE).
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Tetradrachm of Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-163 BCE), Seleucidan king of Syria...

Bronze coin with the portrait of the historian Aristobolus of Chalcis, Greece, and an inscription of his name. Reifenberg Coll. Cat. 106
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Bronze coin with the portrait of the historian Aristobolu...

Funeral stele with inscription in Greek: "God saviour, Poseidon help!"
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Funeral stele with inscription in Greek: "God saviour, Pos...

Ostracon from the Herodion, palace and tomb of King Herod the Great, Israel, with Greek inscription.
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Ostracon from the Herodion, palace and tomb of King Herod t...

Hellenistic-style lead medallion, eagle with spread wings, dotted frame. From Bethlehem. H:4,8 cm Inv. H-1749
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Hellenistic-style lead medallion, eagle with spread wings, dotted fra...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The "Treasury", a 40m-high, Hellenistic facade with three bare inner rooms may have been a temple or funeral monument.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab people who dominated the silk- and spice trade across the deserts. The "Treasury", its use and significance as mysterious as that of all buildings in Petra.
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Petra was the capital and royal city of the Nabataeans, a semi-nomadic, Arab peo...

Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town which became rich as a safe trading post for Nabataean, Jewish and Roman merchants. Triumphal Arch in the south of the city; erected for Emperor Hadrian's visit to Gerasa in 129/130 CE.
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Gerasa (Jerash) in the north of Jordan, was a Hellenistic-Roman town w...