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Archaeology at the Israel Museum - This museum in Jerusalem provides online exhibitions and an illustrated catalog of its collections from prehistory until the thirteenth century.
Archeological Sites in Israel - An illustrated gazetteer from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Beit She'arim - The Jewish Necropolis of the Roman Period - 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.
Bibliography of Archaeological Excavations in the Southern Levant - Database of scholarly literature from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan.
Cave of the Warrior, Wadi el-Makkukh - An exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History 1998: includes illustrated description of artifacts found.
From Archaeology to Archaeometry and Back - Describes the work of Hebrew University professor Jan Gunneweg on the archaeology of Israel and the eastern Mediterranean.
Herodian - Brief article by Jay Levinson in The Jewish Magazine describes this fortified palace located 15 kilometers south of Yerushalayim. With photos.
Inscriptions from the Land of Israel Peoject - 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 - The official site explains its services and policy. Also examples of the country's rich archaeological heritage, news, exhibitions and publications.
Israel: Archeology from the Air - From the Israeli Foreign Ministry
Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science - Statement, goals, and contact information for the academic department.
King David's Tomb - Provides some historical dates, a virtual museum tour, and descriptions and illustrations of artifacts.
Material Culture of the Ancient Canaanites, Israelites and Related Peoples - An information database from excavations. Includes images and text.
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.
Report on the Zoilos Votive Inscription - Pre-publication information on the stone tablets unearthed by archaeologists at the Tel-Dan site.
Ritmeyer Archaeological Design - Focuses on the Temple Mount and Jerusalem. Offers research, books, posters, CD-ROM's and models on the subject of Jerusalem and Biblical Archaeology.
Robert Deutsch - Archaeologist and epigraphist: includes bibliography, articles and photographs.
The Roman Boat from the Sea of Galilee - The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs describes the discovery in 1986 of a boat constructed and used between 100 BCE and 70 CE.
Second Temple Synagogues - Donald D. Binder's study of synagogues built before A.D. 70. Texts, illustrations, plans, and descriptions.
Strange Skulls - In a dry region southwest of the Dead Sea, Neolithic peoples at Nahal Hemar Cave stashed stone masks, jewelry, shells, and skulls decorated with thick black glue.
Tel Dan - History and archaeology of the northernmost area of Israel.
Tel Quasile - A late Bronze Age and Philistine site in Tel Aviv.
W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research - Supports American-led study of the ancient Near East: describes history, staff, fellowship program, and contact information.
The Yaqush Project - Brief description of work at this Early Bronze Age site in the upper Jordan Valley.
Farming Origins Gain 10,000 Years - Brief article from the BBC News about principal plant foods eaten by the people at Ohalo. (June 23, 2004)
Early Man Had Mining in Mind - From Nature, an Israeli research team has caught our ancestors in the act of learning to mine raw materials for tools. (May 18, 2004)
Earliest Fire Sheds Light on Hominids - Nature article on ancient hearths unearthed in Israel considered to be nearly 800 millennia old. (April 30, 2004)
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. (August 1, 2003)
Jewish Yad Avshalom Revealed - Ha'aretz article on fourth-century inscriptions on one of the walls near the monument. (July 26, 2003)
When Golan Worshipers Faced South - Ha'aretz article about the placement of the historic Golan Heights Ark. (July 23, 2003)
An Exploration in Early Pastoral Nomadism - Details excavations at the Camel site and explores potentials for an archaeology of pastoralism. (2000) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.