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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 ...
The site is located 8 mi (13 km) north of ancient Jericho. [1] The features and artifacts unearthed at Gilgal I shed important light on agriculture in the Levant . [ 2 ] The by far oldest domesticated figs found anywhere in the world were recovered from an incinerated house at the site, and have been described as coming from cultivated, as ...
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 ...
Edomite pottery, also known as 'Busayra Painted Ware' [1] and 'Southern Transjordan-Negev Pottery' (STNP), [2] is the name given to several ware types found in archaeological sites in southern Jordan and the Negev dated to the 7th and 6th centuries BCE. It is attributed to the Biblical people of the Edomites.
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 ...
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.
Gesher is an archaeological site located on the southern bank of Nahal Tavor, near kibbutz Gesher in the central Jordan Valley of Israel.It bears signs of occupation from two periods, the very early Neolithic and the Middle Bronze Age.
The wreck, found about 90 kilometers (55 miles) off Israel's Mediterranean coast at a depth of 1,800 meters (1.1 miles), contained hundreds of intact Canaanite jugs used for transporting wine, food oils, fruit, and other goods across the Mediterranean. The wooden ship was discovered by Energean, a natural gas company operating several deep-sea ...