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W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research

http://www.aiar.org/

Supports American-led study of the ancient Near East: describes history, staff, fellowship program, and contact information.

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The Yaqush Project

http://oi.uchicago.edu/OI/PROJ/YAQ/Yaqush.html

Brief description of work at this Early Bronze Age site in the upper Jordan Valley.

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The Roman Boat from the Sea of Galilee

http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Archaeological%20Sites%20in%20Israel%20-%20The%20Roman%20Boat%20fr

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes the discovery in 1986 of a boat constructed and used between 100 BCE and 70 CE.

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Tel Quasile

http://www.jewishmag.com/23MAG/ARCH/arch.htm

A late Bronze Age and Philistine site in Tel Aviv.

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Tel Dan

http://www.campsci.com/iguide/tel_dan.htm

History and archaeology of the northernmost area of Israel.

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Tel Aviv Journal of the Sonia and Marco Nadler Institute of Archaeology

http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/publications/pub_telaviv.html

Publishes studies on the history, culture, and archaeology of the Ancient Near East. Includes contents, price and contact information.

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Second Temple Synagogues

http://www.pohick.org/sts/

Donald D. Binder's study of synagogues built before A.D. 70. Texts, illustrations, plans, and descriptions.

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Scarlet Symbols Emerge in Israeli Cave

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/4395/title/Stone_Age_Code_Red_Scarlet_symbols_emerge_in_Israeli_cave

From Science News. Lumps of red ocher excavated near human graves in an Israeli cave indicate that symbolic thinking occurred at least 90,000 years ago, much earlier than archaeologists have traditionally assumed.

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Robert Deutsch

http://www.robert-deutsch.com/

Archaeologist and epigraphist: includes bibliography, articles and photographs.

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Report on the Zoilos Votive Inscription

http://orion.mscc.huji.ac.il/orion/programs/Altman/Altman00.shtml

Pre-publication information on the stone tablets unearthed by archaeologists at the Tel-Dan site.

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Oil Lamps from the Holy Land

http://www.steve-adler.com/OilLampsMain.htm

The Adler Collection includes more than 1,000 oil lamps, dated from the Bronze Age until the late Islamic Period. The collection represents all of the main types of oil lamps known throughout the periods.

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Nahal Tillah Regional Archaeology Project in Israel

http://anthro.ucsd.edu/~tlevy/Archaeology_in_the_Levant/Nahal_Tillah.html

The University of California at San Diego examines the role of early Egyptian civilization in the rise of urban communities in the southern Levant. Aims, staff, publications.

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King David's Tomb

http://www.davidstomb.com/

Provides some historical dates, a virtual museum tour, and descriptions and illustrations of artifacts.

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Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science

http://www.weizmann.ac.il/kimmel-arch/home.html

Statement, goals, and contact information for the academic department.

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Jewish Yad Avshalom Revealed

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=320531

Ha'aretz article on fourth-century inscriptions on one of the walls near the monument.

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Israel Antiquities Authority

http://www.antiquities.org.il/

The official site explains its services and policy. Also examples of the country's rich archaeological heritage, news, exhibitions and publications.

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Inscriptions from the Land of Israel Peoject

http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/Inscriptions/

Seeks to collect and make accessible over the Web all of the previously published inscriptions (and their English translations) from the Land of Israel from the Persian period through the Islamic conquest (ca. 500 BCE - 640 CE).

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