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• Archaeologists Uncover 12,000-year-old Settlement

  http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/01/1059480520876.html
  Article from the Age reporting the discovery of a 12,000-year-old neolithic settlement west of Jerusalem.

• Archaeology at the Israel Museum

  http://www.imj.org.il/eng/archaeology/index.html
  This museum in Jerusalem provides online exhibitions and an illustrated catalog of its collections from prehistory until the thirteenth century.

• Archeological Sites in Israel

  http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early+History+-+Archaeology/Archaeological+Sites+in+Israel+-+Introduction.htm
  An illustrated gazetteer from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

• Beit She'arim: The Jewish Necropolis of the Roman Period

  http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Beit%20She-arim%20-%20The%20Jewish%20necropolis%20of%20the%20Roman
  An illustrated description from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs of this town founded in the reign of King Herod, with its many tombs and catacombs.

• Earliest Fire Sheds Light on Hominids

  http://www.nature.com/nsu/040426/040426-16.html
  Nature article on ancient hearths unearthed in Israel considered to be nearly 800 millennia old.

• Early Man Had Mining in Mind

  http://www.nature.com/nsu/040517/040517-4.html
  From Nature, an Israeli research team has caught our ancestors in the act of learning to mine raw materials for tools.

• Farming Origins Gain 10,000 Years

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3826731.stm
  Brief article from the BBC News about principal plant foods eaten by the people at Ohalo.

• From Archaeology to Archaeometry and Back

  http://pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il/~msjan/archaeom.html
  Describes the work of Hebrew University professor Jan Gunneweg on the archaeology of Israel and the eastern Mediterranean.

• Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology

  http://www.hum.huji.ac.il/english/units.php?cat=815&incat=0
  Describes academic programs, staff, excavation, research projects, library and collections.

• Herodian

  http://www.jewishmag.com/93mag/herodian/herodian.htm
  Brief article by Jay Levinson in The Jewish Magazine describes this fortified palace located 15 kilometers south of Yerushalayim. With photos.

• Herodium: King Herod's Palace-Fortress

  http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Herodium%20-%20King%20Herod-s%20Palace-Fortress
  Illustrated article on this palace-fortress built by King Herod, and its excavations.

• Inscriptions from the Land of Israel Peoject

  http://cds.library.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).

• 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.

• Katzrin: A Village in the Golan

  http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Katzrin%20-%20A%20Village%20in%20the%20Golan
  Illustrated article describing this ancient Jewish village and its excavations.

• Material Culture of the Ancient Canaanites, Israelites and Related Peoples

  http://www.bu.edu/anep/
  An information database from excavations. Includes images and text.

• 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.

• 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.

• Robert Deutsch

  http://www.robert-deutsch.com/
  Archaeologist and epigraphist: includes bibliography, articles and photographs.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Tel Quasile

  http://www.jewishmag.com/23MAG/ARCH/arch.htm
  A late Bronze Age and Philistine site in Tel Aviv.

• 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.

• 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.

• Yodefat: A Town in Galilee

  http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/History/Early%20History%20-%20Archaeology/Yodefat%20-%20A%20Town%20in%20Galilee
  Illustrated article on this fortress dating from the time of Joshua and its excavations.

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