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Cylinder-seal and imprint, neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. Ritual scene before altars with divine symbols. Chalcedony, H: 3,4 cm AO 22358
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Cylinder-seal and imprint, neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. Ritual scene before alta...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian. Two figures around an altar; above the altar a solar disk with wings; a god on a bull. Agate, H: 3 cm AO 22347
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Cylinder seal and imprint, Assyrian. Two figures around an al...

Seal and imprint, Assyrian, 9th-6th BCE.Cultic scene, a man and a geni around the horned dragon, symbol of the gods Marduk and Nabu. Cornelian, H: 2,4 cm AO 22346
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Seal and imprint, Assyrian, 9th-6th BCE.Cultic scene, a man and a geni around...

Stamp-seal, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. Two mythological genies on either side of an altar with a moon-sickle. Lapis lazuli, H: 3,4 cm MNB 1841
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Stamp-seal, Neo-Babylonian, 612-539 BCE. Two mythological genies...

12 steles surrounding a place of worship in Gezer, one of the oldest Israelite settlements (3000 BCE). The city was given to King Solomon by an Egyptian Pharaoh.
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12 steles surrounding a place of worship in Gezer, one of the oldest Israe...

"Mezabah" (Great Stone), temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus. Book of Joshua mentions a "Great Stone" (Late Bronze Age)
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"Mezabah" (Great Stone), temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah n...

"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in the temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus. Book of Joshua mentions a "Great Stone" (Late Bronze Age)
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"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in the temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nabl...

"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus, Israel. The book of Joshua mentions a "Large Stone" (Late Bronze Age)
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"Mezabah" (Large Stone) in temple precinct of Sichem, Tel Balatah near Nablus,...

Canaanite "High Place". A stonestructure where offerings were made. It was still in use during the reign of King Solomon ((965-928 BCE).
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Canaanite "High Place". A stonestructure where o...

The ancient city of Ashdod, Israel. Brick offering place, possibly an altar or small temple (City conquered and destroyed by Assyrian King Sargon II in 710 BCE)
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The ancient city of Ashdod, Israel. Brick offering place, po...

Church of the Holy Sepulchre (interior). Altar at the 11th station.
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre (interior). Altar at the 11th station.

Church of the Holy Sepulchre (interior). Altar at the 12th station
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Church of the Holy Sepulchre (interior). Altar at the 12th station