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Bronze tripod hung with pomegranates - a symbol of fertility reminiscent of the decorations of the Solomonic temple in Jerusalem. From Ugarit,Syria. Late Bronze H: 12 cm, 14,3 cm across AO 11606
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Bronze tripod hung with pomegranates - a symbol of fertility reminiscent...

Fragment of a relief showing a bird pecking at a grape. Alabaster, 1st-2nd CE. From Southern Arabia. AO 5968 The inscription in the top register has been added by a forger.
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Fragment of a relief showing a bird pecking at a grape. Alabaster, 1st-2n...

Date palm tree near the Dead Sea.
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Date palm tree near the Dead Sea.

Eshkol Valley between Hebron and the Dead Sea. (The name Eshkol is Hebrew for "bunch of grapes") The scouts sent by Moses to Canaan brought grapes from Eshkol.
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Eshkol Valley between Hebron and the Dead Sea. (The name Eshkol is Hebr...

Terraces with olive-groves and vineyards near Antipatris, en route from Jerusalem to Caesarea, Israel. After his arrest, Saint Paul was taken this way.
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Terraces with olive-groves and vineyards near Antipatris, en rout...

The "Apple of Jericho", an empty fruit ifilled with ash-kike dust.
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The "Apple of Jericho", an empty fruit ifilled with ash-kike...

Stone olive press from the excavations of Capernaum, Israel
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Stone olive press from the excavations of Capernaum, Israel

Ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, on the western border of the Kidron Valley, Jerusalem, Israel
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Ancient olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, Mount of Olives, on the...

Vineyards in Wadi Eshkol, from where the scouts, sent by Moses, brought back a giant cluster of grapes (Numbers 13:23).
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Vineyards in Wadi Eshkol, from where the scouts, sent by Moses, brought b...

Small press for grapes or olives, from Beth Shan. Early Bronze Age
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Small press for grapes or olives, from Beth Shan....

Oil lamp decorated with pomegranates and a bull's head. Bronze
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Oil lamp decorated with pomegranates and a bull'...

Earrings. Ornamented gold, pendants shaped like three pomegrantes with polished garnet at bottom. Jewish jewelry from Bethlehem, Herodian Period. Length 4.5 cm Inv. R.E.H. 076
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Earrings. Ornamented gold, pendants shaped like three pomegrantes with p...