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  2. Levantine pottery - Wikipedia

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    The first of the two types consists of a thick white slip being applied followed by a dark brown paint. This type is found in the northern region of the country particularly close to the Jordan Valley. The Bichrome ware, the more important of the two, can be found at Tell el-Ajjul and Tel Megiddo among others. Its "pendant" lines or stripes ...

  3. Calathus (basket) - Wikipedia

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    A calathus / ˈ k æ l ə θ ə s / or kalathos / ˈ k æ l ə ˌ θ ɒ s / (Ancient Greek: κάλαθος, plural calathi or kalathoi κάλαθοι) was a basket in the form of a top hat, used to hold wool or fruit, often used in ancient Greek art as a symbol of abundance and fertility. These baskets were made by weaving together reeds or ...

  4. Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    The Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II was the first of this type of inscription found anywhere in the Levant (modern Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria). [1] [2]The Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions, also known as Northwest Semitic inscriptions, [3] are the primary extra-Biblical source for understanding of the societies and histories of the ancient Phoenicians, Hebrews and Arameans.

  5. Ancient treasure, largest of its kind in Israel, found buried ...

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    The find is one of many ancient artifacts uncovered in Israel at the end of 2024. Earlier in December, an unusual oil lamp with 1,700-year-old soot marks was found near the Mount of Olives in ...

  6. Structure discovered in Jerusalem's City of David dates back ...

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    It is also the only known structure of its type from the period in Jerusalem and one of only a few found in Israel. Hidden Staircase In Church Leads Archaeologists To Unearth 400-Year-old Burial Vault

  7. Archaeology of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Archaeology of Lebanon includes thousands of years of history ranging from Lower Palaeolithic, Phoenician, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and Crusades periods.. Overview of Baalbek in the late 19th century Archaeological site in Beirut Greek inscription on one of the tombs found in the Roman-Byzantine necropolis, Tyre Trihedral Neolithic axe or pick from Joub Jannine II, Lebanon.

  8. Rare trove of ancient coins found in Israel: "Hanukkah miracle"

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    Archaeologists found the hoard of about 160 of the coins during ongoing excavations in the Jordan Valley, which runs between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and the eastern border of Jordan.

  9. Levantine archaeology - Wikipedia

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    "The archaeology of ancient Israel," is described by Franken and Franken-Battershill as, "but a small part of the far greater study of Palestinian archaeology." in A Primer of Old Testament Archaeology (1963). [5] In a survey of North American dissertations, the overwhelming emphasis has been on the southern Levant.