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Israel & Palestine Attractions

• An Exploration in Early Pastoral Nomadism - Details excavations at the Camel site and explores potentials for an archaeology of pastoralism.
• Ancient Jewish Bread Stamp Found Near Haifa - Jerusalem Post reports the discovery of a unique stamp with the word "shvi'it," (seventh) which may have been used to mark loaves in a sabbatical year.
• Archaeologists Uncover 12,000-year-old Settlement - Article from the Age reporting the discovery of a 12,000-year-old neolithic settlement west of Jerusalem.
• Archeological Sites in Israel - An illustrated gazetteer from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• Cave of the Warrior, Wadi el-Makkukh - An exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History 1998: includes illustrated description of artifacts found.
• Echoes from the Ancients - The Yodefat Story - Yodefat is a small Galilean city where the Jews held out against a Roman siege two thousand years ago. From PBS.
• Herodian - Brief article by Jay Levinson in The Jewish Magazine describes this fortified palace located 15 kilometers south of Yerushalayim. With photos.
• King David's Tomb - Provides some historical dates, a virtual museum tour, and descriptions and illustrations of artifacts.
• Nahal Tillah Regional Archaeology Project in Israel - 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.
• Second Temple Synagogues - Donald D. Binder's study of synagogues built before A.D. 70. Texts, illustrations, plans, and descriptions.
• Tel Dan - History and archaeology of the northernmost area of Israel.
• The Tell el-'Ajjul Research Project - Online site report of the 1st and 2nd seasons. Includes reports, database, bibliography, and links.
• The Yaqush Project - Brief description of work at this Early Bronze Age site in the upper Jordan Valley.

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