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Abila (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Abila (A-Z entry)
city of the Decapolis, located about 15 km (9 mi.) north-northeast of Irbid in northern Jordan. Abila has an occupational history that extends from ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Abu Ḥamid, Tell (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Abu Ḥamid, Tell (A-Z entry)
site located in the Jordan Valley, at 240 m below sea level, on Lisan marl deposits between two small wadis (32°19′ N, 35°33′ E). ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Abu Hawam, Tell (A-Z entry)
10-acre mound on the Mediterranean coast near where the Kishon River empties into the bay of Haifa (map reference 151 × 144). It may ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Abu Salabikh (A-Z entry)
( modern name, Ar., Tell or Īšān Abū eṣ-Ṣalābīḫ [“father of clinker”] ), city of the fourth and third millennia in southern Iraq, located ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Abu Simbel (A-Z entry)
colossal temple complex located in the northern Sudan about 200 km (186 mi.) up the Nile from Aswan (22°21′ N, 31°38′ E). Built in ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Achziv (A-Z entry)
( or Akhzib; Ar., Ez-Zib; Assyr., Accipu ), site located on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, 15 km (9 mi.) north of Akko and ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Adab (A-Z entry)
mounds located in a desert area of southern Iraq about 40 km (25 mi.) due east of the modern town of Diwaniya and about ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Aelia Capitolina (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
Aelia Capitolina (A-Z entry)
The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 c.e. at the end of the Jewish Revolt was a watershed event in the city’s long history. The ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
Afterlife and Immortality (A-Z entry)
This entry consists of two articles on views of life after death within the historical communities of Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism and ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Aging, Hellenistic and Roman Period (A-Z entry)
The demographic dynamics of the ancient world were such that overall average mortality and fertility rates were very high, in contrast to those of ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
Agriculture (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
Agriculture (A-Z entry)
The term “agriculture” pertains to the cultivation of the soil in order to produce food and other useful and appreciated growth from the land, ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Archaeology
Aharoni, Yohanan (A-Z entry)
( 1919 – 1976 ), Israeli biblical archaeologist and historical geographer . Born in Germany, Aharoni went to Palestine as a young man. His ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Ahiram Inscription (A-Z entry)
The sarcophagus of Ahiram found in Byblos, in Lebanon, by French archaeologists In 1923 is one of the most important works of art from ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Ain Ghazal (Image)
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Ain Ghazal (A-Z entry)
site located in the Wadi Zerqa, at the northeast edge of Amman, Jordan (31° 59′ N, 35°58′ E). Highway construction In 1974 bared a ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
῾Ajjul, Tell EL- (A-Z entry)
( Ar., “the mound of the calf” ), site located on the northern bank of Wadi Gaza, 2 km (1.2 mi.) from the Mediterranean ...
Source: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
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