History of Israel
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The history of Israel spans the Southern Levant, from prehistoric African migrations and the Natufian culture to the emergence of Canaanite civilization. During the Iron Age, the kingdoms of Israel an
Skhul Cave
Canaanite sculpture showing a lion and a lioness at play. Beit She'an, 14th century BCE. Today in the Israel Museum
Canaanite-period gate, Tel Dan
The Merneptah Stele, dated c. 1209 BCE, is the earliest textual reference to Israel
Israel
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Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so
History of Israel
…forces left Haifa, the Jewish People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum and proclaimed the establishment of a Jewish state, to be known as the State of Israel. In 1948, following the 1947–1948 war in Mandatory Palestine, the Israeli Declaration of Independence sparked the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. This resulted…
Tel Megiddo, the ruins of a Canaanite and later Israelite city
The Yavne-Yam ostracon, a Paleo-Hebrew inscription documenting administration in Judah
Hasmonean coin of Antigonus II Mattathias, depicting the Temple menorah
View of the Masada fortress overlooking the Dead Sea, which is the location of a 1st-century Roman siege