RELG 433 - Biblical Archaeology
InterNet Links
Module 6
The Holy Land, from the Palaeolithic to the Bronze Ages
InterNet Resources
- Photos from Jericho : PPNA round house || Neolithic plastered skull || Neolithic plastered skull || PPNB wall of bricks marked by thumbprints
- Ancient Near East site : The Natufian Culture || Karim Shahir culture || Eynan or Ain Mallaha || Khirbet Kerak ware
- Facts and Details site : Copper - Nahal Mishmar
- Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology : Shiqmim || Gilat
- Tel Kabri : Tel Kabri archaeological site|| Tel Kabri - Excavation and Survey || Tel Kabri earlier digs || Tel Kabri - 2015 Dig || Tel Kabri - 2013 Report || Tel Kabri - 2011 Report || Tel Kabri - 2009/2010 Report || Tel Kabri - 2009 Report || Tel Kabri - 2008 Report || Tel Kabri - 2007 Report Tel Kabri - 2006 Report || Tel Kabri - 2005 Report || Tel Kabri - 2009 Dig Blog || Tel Kabri - page of links to other articles about the dig
- Jewish Virtual Library : The Cave of the Treasure || Judean Desert Caves
- NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World : Copper Age in Israel - exhibition. Click on the link to take a Virtual Tour || Copper Age in Israel - introduction || Copper Age in Israel - sites || Copper Age in Israel - video || Copper Age in Israel - exhibition highlights || Figure from Shiqmim || Vessel from Gilat || Cult Stand from Rasm ?arbush || Ossuary from Peqi'in || Stand from Peqi'in || Crown from Nahal Mishmar || Scepter from Nahal Mishmar || Copper Jar from Nahal Mishmar || Basket from the Cave of the Warrior || Textile from the Cave of the Sandal
- U. Penn. Museum : Canaan UPenn site index || Canaan in the Early Bronze Age || Canaan - The Middle Bronze Age || Canaan - House and Family || The sex life of the date palm || Canaan - Warfare - illustration of a duckbill axe || Canaan - Writing || Canaan - Bread || Canaan - Weaving || Canaan - Pottery, and the Potter's Wheel || Canaan - Animals || Canaan - Storage || Canaan - Agriculture || Canaan - Wine and Oil || Canaan - Commerce || Canaan - Personal Identity || Canaan - Religion || Canaanite Religion || Canaanite Temples || Canaan - Death || Canaan - Jewelry, and glass
- Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs : Carmel Caves || Carmel Caves skull (January 2015) || Sha'ar HaGolan || Olive oil || Jaljulia prehistoric site Arad || BeerSheba Chalcolithic || Cave of the Treasure || Eilat Region || Ein Gedi Temple || Hagolan - The Golan || Rogem Hiri || Sha'ar Hagolan || Timna || Rogem Hiri || Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - History of Israel ||
- Bible Places site : (scroll down for photos) : En Gedi - Chalcolithic Temple || Arad || Ai - Early Bronze Temple or house || Megiddo - Early Bronze "High Place" || Bab edh-Dhra Shaft Grave
- Infidels : Old Testament Life and Literature || Paleolithic to Chalcolithic
- Google Arts and Culture : Skull from Jericho - now in the British Museum || PPNB Plastered Skull from Jericho - now in the British Museum || PPNB Skull from Nahal Hemar, Israel || PPNB stone mask from Hirbat Duma, Israel
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem photos of artefacts : click on photos for more information : Dawn of Civilization || Munhata (Yarmukian) figure || Munhata - grinding bowl || Munhata - clay spoon || Munhata - pottery jar || Kabri - stone bowl || Neolithic flint arrowheads || Reconstructed PPNB sickle || Reconstructed Neolithic adze || Nahal Hemar Cave - basketwork || PPNB animal figurines || Shaar HaGolan figure || Shaar HaGolan figure || Shaar HaGolan figure
- Met Museum site : Eynan/Ain Mallaha Natufian settlement, 10,000-8,200 BC || Eynan Mallaha head || The Eastern Mediterranean and Syria, 8,000-2,000 BC || Neolithic bowl from Syria
- Ohalo : Ohalo - video || Ohalo || Ohalo - artefacts || Ohalo - spears || Ohalo - use of grain || Ohalo - oven || Ohalo - use of grain || Ohalo - reconstruction of a brush hut || Ohalo
- Prof Gary Rollefson and Ain Ghazal : Prof. Gary Rollefson and the site at Ain Ghazal || Dig at Ain Ghazal || Prof Gary Rollefson on Ain Gahzal || video of Ain Ghazal, by Gary Rollefson - 40 minutes long - you don't need to watch all of it, but watch some of the start to get an idea of the terrain and the history of the site
- sites listed by url :
Examples of the first towns on earth: Jericho and Catal Huyuk Kebara Cave - Palaeolithic and Natufian, in Israel
Wadi Ziqlab
Ein Gedi
Ashkelon - scroll down for the Bronze Age "golden calf"
Tel Dan
Discovery of Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions
The Carmel Caves - world heritage site
Neolithic Stone Masks
Jericho - Neolithic plastered skull
Metal Sources and Metallurgy in the Biblical World - read about copper, tin and bronze
PPNB plastered skull from Jericho - British Museum
The Natufian Culture in the Levant - pdf file
Early Bronze Age Pottery - this is a commercial site, selling what it claims to be genuine artefacts - they may be fakes, or they may be from illegal digs. See this page just to get an idea of the shapes and appearance of Early Bronze Age pottery
Old Testament Life and Literature - Early Bronze to Early Iron Ages
Sha'ar HaGolan exhibition
The Cave of the Treasure
Tabun cave and fire-making
Neolithic stone masks
Hand Axe from Jericho
Nahal Hemar Cave
Nahal Hemar skull
Sandals from the Cave of the Warrior
Objects from the Cave of the Treasure
Ain Ghazal - part of a book on Google Books
Ain Ghazal (this is a Wikipedia article, which I would not normally use - but most of the original websites for Ain Ghazal have gone down or are inaccessible)
Oldest masks in the world
Reconstructing the face of a Jericho skull
Jericho skull in 3D - click through the left-right arrows at the foot of the page to get different views and information
Journey to the Copper Age - exhibition at UCSD, including artifacts from the "Cave of the Treasure", Nahal Mishmar
PPN Jericho brick with thumbprints
World's oldest masks
Jericho - scroll down to see the Neolithic tower
History of Jerusalem - Bar-Ilan University course
Jericho
Archaeology of Jericho
Ain Ghazal - Jordanian government bullldozing
Ain Ghazal statues - video
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