History of Palestine
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The region of Palestine is part of the Levant, a land bridge between Africa and Eurasia that has traditionally served as the "crossroads of Western Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean, and Northeast Afric
Skhul Cave
A dwelling unearthed at Tell es-Sultan, Jericho
Part of Tell es-Sakan, a Bronze Age site south of Gaza City
Basalt lions from the Orthostat Temple of Hazor (c. 1500–1300 BCE) Hazor was violently destroyed during the Bronze Age collapse.
Ancient Israel and Judah
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Ancient Israel and Judah were two Israelite kingdoms that existed in the Southern Levant during the Iron Age. Their history began with the early appearance of the Israelites in Canaan's hill country.
The Kingdoms of Judah and Israel, produced by Edward Weller c. 1890
Tel Megiddo, the ruins of a Canaanite and later Israelite city
The Merneptah Stele (c. 1208 BCE) – an Egyptian inscription by Pharaoh Merneptah – contains the earliest known reference to "Israel", indicating a people in Canaan at that time
A reconstructed Israelite house, 10th–7th century BCE. Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv.