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- Tags: Megiddo
Near Tel Dothan: Bronze Bull
This bronze bull was found on a hilltop southwest of Mt. Gilboa, all the way at the northern end of the central hill. When the site was excavated, excavators found an elliptical wall, 70 feet in diameter, inside of which was a large, roughly hewn…
Central Hill and Jordan Valley: Relief Map
This relief map shows the Coastal Plain, Central Hill, and Jordan Valley in the central part of the country. Jerusalem is just off the map to the south, and Megiddo, on the edge of Galilee, is at the northern edge. In the period before the Israelite…
Tel Megiddo: Late Bronze Age cuneiform tablet
This inscription is written in the Akkadian language that used a cuneiform (literally, 'wedge-shaped') script for letters. The earliest examples of writing from Israel/Palestine are in this script and language. This particular fragment is from…
Tags: Akkadian, Bronze Age, Cuneiform, Epic of Gilgamesh, Megiddo, Mesopotamia
Tel Megiddo: the silo
This stone-lined pit is 21 feet deep and 34 feet across and was a municipal grain storage silo between ca. 780-650 BCE. There were two winding staircases that went down into it (one of which is visible on the right side of the photograph). Though no…
Tags: Architecture, Iron Age, Megiddo, Silo, Storehouse
Tel Megiddo: aerial view
This aerial photograph shows the site of ancient Megiddo, the most important city of Lower Galilee in antiquity. It sits at a major crossroads at the western end of the Jezreel Valley. Megiddo was inhabited from the Pre-pottery Neolithic period until…
Tags: Jezreel Valley, Lower Galilee, Megiddo
Tel Megiddo: Canaanite outdoor altar (1)
This aerial photograph shows a huge outdoor altar, up to 5 feet high, that was built in the Early Bronze Age (2850-2650 BCE). The altar was accessed via the steps on the left side of the photo, and excavators found pottery and bones surrounding the…
Tags: Bronze Age, Canaanite, Cult, Megiddo, Temple
Tel Megiddo: Canaanite outdoor altar (2)
The round stone mound in this photo—a Canaanite outdoor altar—is also referred to as a 'high place'. It was built around 2,700 BCE and used up to around 1,800 BCE. A 'high place' ('bamah' in the Hebrew Bible) was a place used for worship, in part…
Tags: Bronze Age, Cult, High Place, Megiddo
Tel Megiddo: the water tunnel
This photograph shows an underground tunnel that was part of Megiddo's water system, which was built in the 9th century BCE. Water was a precious defensive commodity - if a city had any hope of surviving a siege, they had to make sure that their…
Tags: Iron Age, Megiddo, Water system
Tel Megiddo: Cuneiform tablets
The earliest writing preserved from Israel/Palestine are in the form of cuneiform on clay tablets like this one. The cuneiform script and the languages that were written in it (like Akkadian) were developed in Mesopotamia. This tablet fragment…
Tags: Akkadian, Bronze Age, Cuneiform, Gilgamesh, Megiddo, Mesopotamia