The archaeology of Israel is the study of the archaeology of the present-day Israel, stretching from prehistory through three millennia of documented history. The ancient Land of Israel was a geographical bridge between the political and cultural centers of Mesopotamia and Egypt .

2021年3月23日 · The authors discuss the history of ancient Israel from the Neolithic era (eighth millennium B.C.E.) to the fall of Jerusalem and the destruction of the First Temple in 586 B.C.E. Each chapter describes a different era as seen through relevant archaeological discoveries.

This gallery recounts the story of the earliest peoples, and cultures of the Land of Israel. The rare, ancient exhibits displayed here reconstruct the first, unwritten chapters of human history in this region, and shed light on the roots of human culture. The Land of Israel played a central role in human history from its beginnings.

The archaeology of ancient Israel is among the oldest historical archaeologies in practice. In-depth study of the southern Levant from the end of the Bronze Age to the coming of Alexander is made possible through the integration of archaeological, textual, and iconographic sources.

Attempts to determine the very origins of Israel are destined to fail if we expect to discover a clearly defined state with borders, evidence of centralised administration, and existing literature. These origins are often sought in the period between the Late Bronze Age IIB (1300–1200 BCE) and Iron Age I (1200–970 BCE).

archaeological period associated with the biblical kingdoms of the United Monarchy and Divided Monarchies of northern Israel and Judah, suggests that the inhabitants of Iron I villages were, at least in part, the ancestors of the Kingdom of Judah (Faust 2006).

Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.

1994年2月23日 · For over one hundred years archaeologists have explored the land of Israel, investigating such fascinating topics as the migrations of the patriarchs, the Israelites’ conquest of Canaan, and the establishment of the monarchy by David and Solomon.

Archaeology has an important role in illuminating the cultures of certain peoples referred to for example in the Bible, such as the Hyksos and Philistines (who were not at all boorish as one might think).

The archaeology of ancient Israel is among the oldest historical archaeologies in practice. Multi-disciplinary approaches that integrate improved readings of biblical texts, new recovery techniques, pioneering scientific analyses, and advances in identity studies have dramatically changed the questions asked and the findings that follow.