Archeology

Saturday morning, August 23, 2008: On entering my study this morning, a phone message from Erika and a short e-mail from Tuvia bearing the heartbreaking news “We are only 4 left, Eli died at night”. The 4 left refers to the original 9 Chevre from the Shomer Hatzir who fled Slovakia in April 1941 for Palestine where we joined kibbutz Merchavia.

Although Eli’s death was not completely unexpected, Eli having been very ill these past few months and getting weaker by the day, it still came as a big shock. We had a very special friendship with Eli spanning 74 years of our lives.Read more

Tel Kabri, located in the western Galilee region of modern Israel, was the center of a Canaanite polity during the Middle Bronze Age. Excavations conducted by Aharon Kempinski and Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier from 1986-1993 revealed the remains of a palace dating to the Middle Bronze period (ca. 2000-1550 BCE). Within the building (Fig. 1), dated specifically to the MB II period, were discovered an Aegean-style floor and Aegean-style wall paintings. Kabri is one of only four sites in the Eastern Mediterranean to have such Bronze Age Aegean-style paintings and may well be the earliest.Read more

Taken from the book "The Museums of Israel" by L.Y Rahamani.

Seven-cup Offering Vessel (1750-1550 BC) Nahariyyah.

Height 0.065 m. diam. 0.10 m. pottery

One of the many pottery vessels, a bowl containing seven small cups, found on and near the high-place of Nahariyyah. The cups may have held some liquid offerings-food, or precious oils and perfumes. Seven-wick pottery lamps found with them suggest that the number had a symbolical significance at this time, in this part of the world.

Taken from the book "The Museums of Israel" by L.Y Rahamani.

The Nahariyyah Goddess (1750-1550 BC) Nahariyyah.

Height 0.22 m. stoneRead more

Taken from the book "The Museums of Israel" by L.Y Rahamani.

Pregnant Woman (sixth to fifth centuries BC) Achzib.

Height 0.22 m.

Terra cotta (IM)Read more

Excavations at Akhziv 1964
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