Chalcolithic temple of Ein Gedi
The Chalcolithic temple of Ein Gedi is a Ghassulian public building dating from about 3500 BCE. It lies on a scarp above the oasis of Ein Gedi, on the western shore of the Dead Sea, within modern-day Israel. Archaeologist David Ussishkin has described the site as "a monumental edifice in terms of contemporary architecture".
Chalcolithic temple above spring and modern Kibbutz Ein Gedi
Sceptre from the Nahal Mishmar hoard (replica)
Ghassulian refers to a culture and an archaeological stage dating to the Middle and Late Chalcolithic Period in the Southern Levant. Its type-site, Teleilat Ghassul, is located in the eastern Jordan Valley near the northern edge of the Dead Sea, in modern Jordan. It was excavated in 1929-1938 and in 1959–1960, by the Jesuits. Basil Hennessy dug at the site in 1967 and in 1975–1977, and Stephen Bourke in 1994–1999.
Replica of bronze sceptre from the Nahal Mishmar hoard (at Hecht Museum, Haifa)
Ghassulian ossuary, ca. 3500 BC, Canaan (at the British Museum)
The Ghassulian star