1 50 25 https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/20b5470cf536ed4a5aaa37070a9a2bc5.jpg 15a87e621f9e46c08b29f7c7d88605f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Location City City where the image is located. Israel Location In City Location in the city where the image is located. Tel Hazor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tel Hazor Description An account of the resource This image shows Tel Hazor looking west. The six-chambered gate is near the center of the image. There appear to be eight chambers, but the front square sections are remains of two tower foundations, guarding the entrance. Notice where the “casemate” city walls extend to the right and left. The towers protrude past the city wall in order to flank anyone who would attack the wall directly. The roofed area in the image, to the top left, is a modern building that covers the ancient Canaanite palace/temple. Hazor was an international hub of trade in the Bronze Age, and later, during the Iron Age, turned into a fortified Israelite city. Many debates remain among historians and archaeologists about the role of Hazor in ancient Israelite history and religion. https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/e4c2a6f39b9686fc38d21c90118cdc9a.jpg 9af1acde0f7eef289cd3c65e8f24420e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel Location City City where the image is located. Tel Hazor Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tel Hazor Description An account of the resource This is an aerial image of the remains of Tel Hazor (Tell el-Qedah), an ancient city north of the Sea of Galilee, in the Hula Valley of northern Israel. At the top left of this picture, the square-like stone structures are the remains of a distinctive six-chambered gate (only half of which is shown in the picture). Such gates have three chambers on each side. The smaller square at the top of this image is the foundation of a tower. The wall extending to the right is known as a “casemate” wall. This was a hollow wall that could be filled with weapons or supplies for the city. Hazor was one of the most important pre-Israelite fortified cities of the Bronze Age. The site was later inhabited by the Israelites during the reign of King Solomon. https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/612f6bbbfefa3c8d1283ff40bd317b20.jpg 486ed3d51013861edf323a13ff9707ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. West Bank Location City City where the image is located. Central Hill Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Potter Description An account of the resource Shown here is a potter working from a shop in the southern part of the Central Hill, spinning a wheel to shape clay into a pot. Behind him, one can see finished examples before they are fired in a kiln to remove moisture, hardening the clay into durable ceramic vessels. Today, hand-crafted pottery is made essentially the same way as it was thousands of years ago. The development of ceramic vessels around 6000 BCE revolutionized the transportation of food and water, increased economic prosperity, and led to population growth. Because pottery was everywhere in the ancient world, and portrays various styles over time, scholars can use pottery found during archaeological digs to provide relative dates for layers or “strata” of habitation. https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/22bae91e0b51d6b445b48f211b83c5af.jpg 22ccba98f43165068b176509af46d23d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Location City City where the image is located. Migration Route, Syrian–African Rift Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Homo Erectus Description An account of the resource This image shows a reconstruction of homo erectus (“upright man”). Behind homo erectus is a map of migration routes— beginning in Africa, near the origins of the Nile in Kenya and Uganda, and extending north, along the Syrian-African Rift, through Israel (Ubeidiya) and into Europe. The rift caused the collection of fresh water, thus supporting human habitation. The settlement at Ubeidiya, just south of the Sea of Galilee, is one of our earliest windows into the nascent stages of human development. https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/4563d89d4eb817ee795fcb284e95ad5d.jpg 43cecf17501a5967c68b30d57ad02def Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel Location City City where the image is located. Ubeidiya Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Homo Erectus Description An account of the resource This is the skull of homo erectus (“upright man”), the predecessor to the homo sapien. The skull is now held at the University of Michigan, Museum of Natural Sciences. Evidence for homo erectus has been found in Israel at various sites, in particular at Tel Ubeidiya, south of the Sea of Galilee. https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/ee866e3dd437290d84e18a38f72ac3c4.jpg d675639803682f168b563a1ce8446b65 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Sumer Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Iraq Chronology Historical Historical period. Sumerian Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Early Bronze Age} Glossary Terms Terms for use with rollover glossary. Cuneiform, Sumerian, Sumer, logographic, syllabic Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Cuneiform script Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Location City City where the image is located. Sumer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sumer: Cuneiform script Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0042_AncNearEIn_002.jpg Description An account of the resource Writing was invented in southern Mesopotamia, in the ancient kingdom of Sumer, sometime before 3,000 BCE. Cuneiform, the type of writing seen in column 6 of this slide, was a development from earlier 'logographic' writing, in which signs stood for words (e.g., the sign for fish is a drawing of a fish, which was called 'kha' in the Sumerian language). Later cuneiform symbols (those in columns 5 and 6) were both logographic and syllabic - that is, they could be used to mean the thing that they represent or the sound of that word. So, for instance, the cuneiform symbol for 'fish' could mean either 'fish' or be combined with the 'la' sign to form the word 'kha.la,' which means 'share' or 'part.' Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -4000-01-01/-3000-01-01 Cuneiform Logographic Mesopotamia Sumer Sumerian Syllabic https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/1cb6c4d4dc5e0b369a4c871ca0b126c4.jpg 5ce992e3a085c726b3d6bde5c664288c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Uruk Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Iraq Chronology Historical Historical period. Sumerian Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Early Bronze Age} Glossary Terms Terms for use with rollover glossary. Cuneiform, Sumerian, Sumer, logographic, syllabic Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Sumerian King List Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Location City City where the image is located. Uruk Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Uruk: Sumerian King List Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0044_AncNearEI_006.jpg Description An account of the resource The Sumerian King List is the name given to a traditional canon of the early kings of Mesopotamia, thought by some scholars to have been composed in the time of Utu-hegal, a king of the city of Uruk who restored Sumerian independence after the invasion of the Gutians near the end of the third millennium BCE. As with the pre-flood patriarchs in Genesis 5, the kings listed in the pre-flood section of this text lived for extraordinarily long reigns (the longest being 64,800 years). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -3000-01-01/-2000-01-01 Cuneiform Logographic Mesopotamia Sumer Sumerian Sumerian King List Syllabic Uruk https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/d0cc9a6710e5dd3afeff9bb998920b21.jpg 8cd7c10444d7a7e6259fdac9dcc4d6c6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Saqqara Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Egypt Chronology Historical Historical period. Egyptian Middle Kingdom Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Middle Bronze Age} Glossary Terms Terms for use with rollover glossary. Hieratic, execration text Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Execration Text Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Location City City where the image is located. Saqqara Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Saqqara: Execration Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0046_AncNearEastIn_032.jpg Description An account of the resource This figurine, modeled in unbaked clay, has the form of a kneeling prisoner with his arms tied behind him at the elbows. The writing is hieratic, a script much like Egyptian hieroglyphics; the inscription contains the names of enemies. After it was inscribed it was deliberately smashed in order to curse the enemies listed in the text (probably people who posed a threat to some important Egyptian or to Egypt in general). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -1878-01-01/-1842-01-01 Bronze Age Egyptian Execration text Hieratic Saqqara https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/7cb86ef6da4c3b42ac3f13728b1e9ec1.jpg 5b968ad7e20735f03035abf123a7af56 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Southwest of the Sea of Galilee, on the north bank and near the outlet of Nahal Tabor Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Ca. 6.8 miles soutwest of the Sea of Galilee Chronology Historical Historical period. prehistoric Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Late Neolithic} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Female Figurine Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Near Nahal Tabor: Female Figurine Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0037_BibArch089.jpg Description An account of the resource This 6 inch-high clay figurine dates to the Late Neolithic Age (6,000-5,000 BCE), which is the same time that the earliest baked clay vessels were being made. It is the only complete one of its kind from this period, although fragments have been found elsewhere. Its interpretation is contested - for instance, some scholars think that the figurine is nude; others that the deep lines around the shoulders indicate some kind of garment. Its significance and use are also debated - was it used for religious purposes (and if so, how?), or was it nothing more than a child's toy? Figurines, often depicting naked females, are well known from later periods and have often been understood to be associated with fertility rites, whether for human or agricultural fertility. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -6000-01-01/-5000-01-01 Fertility Figurine Nahal Tabor https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/6f3e8587a1315745c53b15adeef6f539.jpg 28e1d54f6a10c15ee7fe8602d7847b02 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Iraq Chronology Historical Historical period. Sumerian Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Early Bronze Age} Glossary Terms Terms for use with rollover glossary. Cuneiform, Sumerian, Sumer, logographic, syllabic Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Clay tablets from southern Mesopotamia Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Location City City where the image is located. Southern Mesopotamia Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Southern Mesopotamia: Cuneiform tablets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0043_AncNearEIn_001.jpg Description An account of the resource The earliest writing was not on paper, but on clay tablets. Instead of a pen, scribes used an instrument called a stylus that was triangular in cross-section. They would press the tip of the stylus into the clay to make the triangular portions of the symbol and drag the edge of the stylus across the clay to make the lines. The size and shape of clay tablets varied with the type of text being recorded and with changing scribal preferences. When a scribe finished with one side of the tablet he would turn the bottom edge up and write on the back. After he was done writing, the tablet would usually be set in the sun to dry (though tablets were sometimes fired in a kiln). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -4000-01-01/-3000-01-01 Cuneiform Logographic Mesopotamia Sumer Sumerian Syllabic https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/c293fd3b5ddbfb0343cdf8ea96ce1fb6.jpg 88da624491bb9fe21bd9fdf96587ca73 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Jericho Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Jericho Location In City Location in the city where the image is located. Tel Jericho Chronology Historical Historical period. prehistoric Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Pre-Pottery Neolithic} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Neolithic Tower Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jericho: Neolithic Tower Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0035_BibArch066.jpg Description An account of the resource This photograph shows the earliest fortification structure thus far discovered anywhere in the world. It is a circular tower that was probably built around 7,000 BCE and was connected to a massive stone wall. The position of the tower would have given those on top of it a commanding view of the broad Jordan River Valley. The top of the tower was accessed by 22 steps that lead from the doorway, visible at the bottom, to the place on top of the tower that is covered by the modern grate (also visible). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -7000-01-01 Bronze Age Chalcolithic Period Jericho Jordan River Valley Neolithic Period Tower https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/b3ea5c03b1af72d18b6b7f00717cf5a2.jpg 4a038995daa2b791c5fc88896ed386ae Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Megiddo Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Megiddo Location In City Location in the city where the image is located. Tel Megiddo Chronology Historical Historical period. Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Late Bronze Age} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Clay tablets Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tel Megiddo: Cuneiform tablets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0047_BibArch112.jpg Description An account of the resource 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 preserves part of the text of the Epic of Gilgamesh, a Mesopotamian story that includes an account of the origin of the world, a worldwide flood, and a figure much like Noah from the biblical book of Genesis. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -1500-01-01/-1300-01-01 Akkadian Bronze Age Cuneiform Gilgamesh Megiddo Mesopotamia https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/3e0945df1ec605219af78e4774559b38.jpg 528181fe3bec4157147408f6cf2205f4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Tel Dan Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Dan Chronology Historical Historical period. pre-Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Middle Bronze Age I} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Middle Bronze Age gate Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tel Dan: Middle Bronze Age gate Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0034_BibArch069.jpg Description An account of the resource This photo shows the fully preserved arched gateway at Tel Dan, which was made of mud bricks and is the first such structure found intact in Israel. In the Early Bronze Age, sun-dried mud bricks began to replace the stones that had been used for city walls and towers, perhaps because they could be erected more quickly and raised higher than boulder walls. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -1800-01-01/-1700-01-01 Arch Gate Mud brick Tel Dan https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/8f20cb7a2c120977a8e77d1f7a06a23f.jpg 9465275cb11efe2c2a51fc67f4e8f740 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Chronology Historical Historical period. pre-Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Late Bronze Age} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Female Figurines Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Female Figurines from the Late Bronze Age Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0039_BibArch091.jpg Description An account of the resource These three figurines are characteristic of Late Bronze Age molded plaque figurines. All tend to be nude and standing in frontal position. They probably represented the Canaanite goddess Ashtaroth in her role as goddess of love and procreation. Figurines such as these were made in molds and are often found in domestic quarters. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -1600-01-01/-1200-01-01 Ashtaroth Bronze Age Fertility Figurine https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/bc192849ddbcf82e36763e2bfde03ae5.jpg ac4ec5e71a32ca247624668a6d524fb0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Lebanon, Israel/Palestine Chronology Historical Historical period. Egyptian Middle Kingdom Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Middle Bronze Age} Glossary Terms Terms for use with rollover glossary. Hieratic Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Tale of Sinuhe Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Location City City where the image is located. Southern Syria/Northern Canaan Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tale of Sinuhe Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0045_AncNearEIn031.jpg Description An account of the resource The story of Sinuhe has been preserved on numerous papyri and ostraca. This manuscript is written in an Egyptian script called hieratic, which is closely related to Egyptian hieroglyphs, and dates to the Egyptian 12th Dynasty (ca. 1991-1785 BCE). It tells the story of an Egyptian official who lived in voluntary exile in southern Syria/northern Canaan. The details of the story are valuable for the light that they shed on life in southern Syria during the early Middle Bronze I (2000-1800 BCE). The descriptions mention tents and encampments but not towns and cities, suggesting that nomadism persisted. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -2000-01-01/-1800-01-01 Bronze Age Egyptian Hieratic Papyrus Sinuhe https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/bbbb508dee88641fb30949b8d20b42d9.jpg d83dcacadb0b6ba91fe987b2830991c7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Memphis Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Egypt Location City City where the image is located. Helwan Chronology Historical Historical period. Second Temple Period Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Hellenistic Period} Glossary Terms Terms for use with rollover glossary. Hieroglyphs, hieroglyphic, Demotic, script Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. The Rosetta Stone Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Macro Slide Show on highest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rashid: The Rosetta Stone Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0041_AncientNearEastInsc026.jpg Description An account of the resource The Rosetta Stone contains an inscription written in three scripts (Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Greek) and allowed the decipherment of hieroglyphs and Demotic. It was found by Napoleon's army in 1799 in the city of Rashid (Rosetta) in the Nile Delta, but the inscription itself is from Memphis (ca. 120 miles southeast, at the southern tip of the Nile delta) and dates to 196 BCE. At the time of its discovery the ancient Egyptian languages were indecipherable, but Thomas Young and Jean-François Champollion were able to make connections between them and the Greek text (which could be translated) after assuming that the cartouches in the Hieroglyphic text preserved the proper names seen in the Greek inscription (Ptolemy and Cleopatra). Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -0196-01-01 Demotic Greek Hellenistic Hieroglyphs Inscription Memphis Napoleon Rashid Rosetta Stone https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/d1a492314a2f2d16d96400c75596a24d.jpg fd0cd9e00a6ae36db90f3f4ab6cf2f6b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Chronology Historical Historical period. pre-Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Middle Bronze Age I} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Middle Bronze Age I Architecture Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Negev Desert: Middle Bronze Age I Architecture Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0032_BibArch052.jpg Description An account of the resource This photograph shows a simple one-room 'round house' in the Negev Desert that was built around 2,000 BCE. The pillar in the middle of the room supported the roof. It seems that they were used only for sleeping quarters: all cooking ovens and other small installations were found outside the rooms. It is possible, perhaps even likely, that these houses were only used on a seasonal basis by pastoral groups: no cultivated grains were found in soil samples and no burials were found. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -2000-01-01/-1900-01-01 Architecture Negev Desert Round house https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/324acdc4eade75e386746825d73e51c0.jpg ca7b08779757ec1e8d75508379649031 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Nahal Mishmar Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Nahal Mishmar Chronology Historical Historical period. prehistoric Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Chalcolithic} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. The Chalcolithic bronze hoard Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nahal Mishmar: Chalcolithic bronze hoard Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0040_BibArch096.jpg Description An account of the resource These copper objects are part of one of the most famous hoards of objects ever found in the region. The hoard consisted of over 400 items that were found hidden in a cave high in a cliff overlooking Nahal Mishmar, a seasonal river bed near En Gedi, in the Judaean Desert. The fine workmanship and uncommon use of the metal objects suggests that they had been taken from a cultic center, although their exact significance and use is unknown. The pottery found with them dated to 3,500 BCE, and some have suggested that the objects came from a Chalcolithic temple that was found 6 miles away. These objects were made using the 'lost wax' process, in which wax was carved into the shape of the artifact, encased in clay, and fired, causing the wax to melt and the clay to harden. Molten copper was then poured into the clay form. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -3500-01-01 Chalcolithic Period Hoard Nahal Mishmar Ritual https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/9a68993018c15e822ac580aea9eade10.jpg 8c78032d4a77611313fe874078590744 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Northern Negev Desert Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Gilat Chronology Historical Historical period. prehistoric Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Chalcolithic} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Female Figurine Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Northern Negev Desert: Female Figurine Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0038_BibArch090.jpg Description An account of the resource This 12 inch-high figurine depicts a female figure seated on a stool and holding a milk churn on her head. The milk churn is a miniature replica of ceramic churns known from this period. It was found together with several other apparently ritual objects, and that information, combined with the accentuated sexual organs, has led the excavator of the site to suggest that the figure may represent a form of Ashtaroth as the goddess of flocks and milk. Note the decorative red lines that adorn the figure, which are a common feature in many vessels from this age. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -4000-01-01/-3100-01-01 Ashtaroth Fertility Figurine Negev Desert https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/f6cb214fd6e16c245b5ef3f1f6f4cf3f.jpg 38e3e3479093ea3ea593bb5860e1436c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Chronology Historical Historical period. pre-Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Middle Bronze Age I} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Middle Bronze Age I Architecture Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Negev Desert: Middle Bronze Age I Architecture - detail Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0033_BibArch070.jpg Description An account of the resource This photograph shows a reconstruction of how the roof was probably built on a Round House. Wooden beams from the trunk of a nearby tamarisk tree were laid like spokes radiating from the central pillar to the outer wall, and broad, flat stones were laid on top and then covered with plaster. Archaeologists found numerous flat stones like these and patches of plaster in the debris of every house that they excavated. Charred remains of wooden beams were found lying in the radiating position in several houses. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -2000-01-01/-1900-01-01 Architecture Negev Desert Round house https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/ba164dc85ba080465cfaa5d1b1977682.jpg 78538cad8a7ccc9d9791901b5b4f425f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Chronology Historical Historical period. pre-Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Middle Bronze Age I} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Middle Bronze Age I Pottery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Middle Bronze Age I Pottery Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0030_BibArch124.jpg Description An account of the resource This photograph shows some of the common pottery from the Middle Bronze I period (2,000-1,900 BCE). The basin-shaped vessel in the foreground center with the four pinched corners is an ancient lamp. Oil would be put inside and wicks would run through the pinched corners. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -2000-01-01/-1900-01-01 Bronze Age Ceramics Pottery https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/9473cf46de9c5fdfc8a1db2d117681ec.jpg df248312776f476c25899f9c536d819a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Chronology Historical Historical period. pre-Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Early Bronze Age} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Early Bronze Age Pottery Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Early Bronze Age Pottery Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0029_BibArch123.jpg Description An account of the resource This photograph shows some common every-day pottery from the Early Bronze Age (3,300-2,000 BCE). Because archaeologists find more pottery sherds than anything else in an excavation, it is the main source of information for dating the architecture of an ancient building. It works like this: the shapes of ceramic vessels are known to have changed over time and to have been different in different regions. As a result, the shape and fabric (i.e., clay used) of a vessel fragment can tell an archaeologist when it was made and, by extension, when the soil in which it was found was deposited. The tower-shaped vessel in this photograph is an incense burner. Coal would be put inside and it would heat the incense that was put on top, spreading a pleasant aroma. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -3300-01-01/-2000-01-01 Bronze Age Ceramics Pottery https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/99a2044226bb35c5786310963f4b684d.jpg f8d947434be659d14fef83df35c84a63 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Glossary Terms Terms for use with rollover glossary. Pax Romana Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. A Near Eastern Tel Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Near Eastern Tel Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0028_BibArch32.jpg Description An account of the resource A tel (sometimes spelled 'tell'), shown in this picture, is a mound holding ancient ruins. Most towns and cities in ancient times were built on the top of a hill because this location offered a defensive advantage. When all or part of a city was destroyed, builders usually found it easier to fill in and level the city they destroyed (rather than remove the debris), resulting in an increasingly higher mound over hundreds or thousands of years. Archaeologists can excavate through the different layers of destroyed cities that make the tel and gain much information about the specific site and the different periods of history in general. Pax Romana Tel Tell https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/9703882b889aa0697ddeeed22b4a1125.jpg 150d389468920797edb3db6ebcb64afc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Arad Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Northwest of Arad Location In City Location in the city where the image is located. Tel Arad Chronology Historical Historical period. pre-Israelite Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Early Bronze Age} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Early Bronze Age tower Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tel Arad: Early Bronze Age tower Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0036_BibArch068.jpg Description An account of the resource This photograph of one of the many the Early Bronze Age towers at Arad reveals defenses typical of the period. The towers, 10-12 feet in diameter and found at 65-80 foot intervals, projected out from the wall, thus exposing any attacker attempting to scale the wall to the projectiles of the defenders. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -3300-01-01/-2000-01-01 Arad Bronze Age Tower https://image-database.nes.lsa.umich.edu/files/original/804d9098a4f151e6be9e99045a9da189.jpg 82199ff2f0f82c69d06e22eff7de3b67 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Prehistory Subject The topic of the resource Prehistory Description An account of the resource Prehistory Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Lecture Name of the course lecture the image belongs to. Prehistory Location Description Description of the image's location. Yiftael Location Modern Country Modern country where the image is located. Israel/Palestine Location City City where the image is located. Ca. 4.5 miles west of Sepphoris Chronology Historical Historical period. prehistoric Chronology Archaeological Archaeological period. {Chalcolithic}{Early Bronze Age I} Google Earth Title Title suitable for display on Google Maps/Earth. Early Bronze Age I House Foundations Micro Slide Show on closest map zoom elevation. Yes Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Yiftael: Early Bronze Age I Architecture Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0031_GalileeArch016.jpg Description An account of the resource The ancient site of Yiftael, in Lower Galilee, has one of the best preserved Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age I (3150-2850) villages in Galilee. This photograph shows the foundations of the round or elliptical houses that comprised a room that was ca. 15 feet in diameter. The small circle of stones near the center of each house constituted a stone base for a wooden pillar. Nobody knows what the flat stones with the two holes in them were used for. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource -3150-01-01/-2850-01-01 Architecture Bronze Age Chalcolithic Period Galilee Round house Yiftael