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Ahiram Inscription (A-Z entry)
The sarcophagus of Ahiram found in Byblos, in Lebanon, by French archaeologists In 1923 is one of the most important works of art from ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Art and the Bible (A-Z entry)
Early Art. Stories from the Bible had become the subject of a developed narrative art by the middle of the third century CE in ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
cherubim (A-Z entry)
Winged creatures (‘cherubim’ is the Hebrew plural of ‘cherub’) which were frequently represented in the art of ancient Assyria. Two may be seen in ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Clothing (A-Z entry)
The nations around Palestine in the ancient Near East have left stone monuments depicting the life of the people and their garments. From Palestine ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Clothing (A-Z entry)
Archaeological remains of garments are scarce, with usually only fragments of textiles recovered. What is known about clothing often can be deduced from accessories, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Di Cesnola, Luigi Palma (A-Z entry)
( 1832 – 1904 ), soldier , diplomat , antiquarian and ultimately museum director Throughout his long life Emmanuele Pietro Paolo Maria Luigi Palma ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Furtwängler, Adolf (A-Z entry)
( 1853 – 1907 ), German historian of ancient art and field archaeologist . In 1874 , Furtwängler completed his doctorate at Munich and ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Graven Image (A-Z entry)
Hebrew pesel is variously translated as “graven image,” “idol,” or “statue.” Three‐dimensional sacred images of metal, stone, wood, or clay were ubiquitously venerated in ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Hunting (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Hunting (A-Z entry)
Little is known about the prehistoric hunter-gatherer of the Near East who created the Natufian and similar cultures. With the development of civilization, people ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Idols, Idolatry (A-Z entry)
An idol is a figure or image worshiped as the representation of a deity. Idols normally take the form of figures in the round ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Izeh (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Izeh (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Izeh (A-Z entry)
a plain and a town located in the western Bakhtiari Mountains of Iran and known as Malamir in the later Islamic period until 1935 ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Kuntillet ῾Ajrud (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Kuntillet ῾Ajrud (A-Z entry)
( Heb., Horvat Teman ), site located in the northeast Sinai Desert (30°11′ N, 34°25′ E; map reference 0940 × 9560), approximately 50 km ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Lions (A-Z entry)
Not found in the fossil record of the Levant until the Late Pleistocene, lions (Panthera leo) arrived as tropical elements entering an already diverse ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Mosaics (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Mosaics (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Mosaics (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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