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"Jerusalem", Hebrew inscription incised on a wall of a rock-cut burial cave near Lachish (early 6th BCE).
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"Jerusalem", Hebrew inscription incised on a wall of a rock-cut buria...

Juglet containing clay balls bearing seal impressions with names. Next to it two stone weights (early 6th BC) from Lachish, Israel.
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Juglet containing clay balls bearing seal impressions with names. Next to it t...

Sennacherib's prism (691 BCE), describing the third campaign of the king to reassert Assyrian hegemony over Syria and Canaan. It mentions among others Hezekiah, King of Judah.
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Sennacherib's prism (691 BCE), describing the third campaign of the king to rea...

Inscription dedicated to and honouring Emperor Tiberius, with the name of Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judea (26-36 CE). Stone, from Caesarea, Israel
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Inscription dedicated to and honouring Emperor Tiberius, with t...

Inscription dedicated to and honouring Emperor Tiberius, with the name of Pontius Pilate, prefect of Judea (26-36 CE). Stone, from Caesarea, Israel
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Inscription dedicated to and honouring Emperor Tiberius, with t...

A few lines (in Hebrew square writing) from one of the two scrolls of Isaiah found in cave 1 of Qumran, north-west of the Dead Sea. The text seems to interpret Isaiah's apocalyptic visions as predicting events at the time of the Essene Community (130-68 BCE).
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A few lines (in Hebrew square writing) from one of the two scrolls of Isai...

Nail driven through the bones in the foot of a 25 year old man, found in a grave of the Herodian Period in Givat ha-Mivtar, north-east of Jerusalem, Extra Muros (outside the walls).
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Nail driven through the bones in the foot of a 25 year old man, found...

The "Seat of Moses", basalt,a place of honor with armrests in the synagogue of Chorazim. An Aramaic inscription mentions "Yudan, son of Yishmael",who contributed to the construction of the synagogue.
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The "Seat of Moses", basalt,a place of honor with armrests in the synagogu...

Canaanite goddess on horseback, from the temple of Lachish. Gold-leaf plaque, Late Bronze Age
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Canaanite goddess on horseback, from the temple of Lachi...

Horned altar, from Megiddo Limestone (around 900 BCE)
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Horned altar, from Megiddo...

Holy of Holies in the temple of Arad, reconstructed by the Israel Museum.
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Holy of Holies in the temple of Arad, reconstructed by the Is...

Square altar with horns on the four top corners, from Megiddo. Limestone (1000-586 BCE)
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Square altar with horns on the four top corners,...