Biblical Archaeology

7th century B.C.E. 8th century Ahab altar ancient Arad archaeological finds Assyrian Beer-Sheba Beth-El Beth-Shean Bible biblical period building built Canaan Canaanite casemate casemate wall Chalcolithic chariots Chron citadel corvée courtyard cubits cultic dating David decorated Deut Early Bronze Egypt Egyptian entrance ephod Erez Israel evidence excavations Ezek Ezekiel Figure fortifications garments gate Gezer Gibeon glacis gold Hazor Hezekiah high place Hittite Holy of Holies II Chron images incense inner Iron Age Israelite Israelite period ivory Jericho Jerusalem Josh Judah kingdom kingdom of Judah Kings Lachish lamps land Late Bronze Age linen measures Megiddo menorot mentioned Mesopotamia metal Middle Bronze Age millennium B.C.E. Ophel palace Philistines pillars pottery priests probably royal Samaria scholars settlements shaft Shechem shekels side Solomon Solomon's Temple stone Syria Tabernacle Tell teraphim tion tomb tower tunnel Ugarit vessels weights wood Yadin