Archaeology and Religion in Pictures is an unprecedented collection of images devoted to archaeological sites and artifacts that express the human religious impulse over thousands of years. These slides vividly depict the human struggle to reach for—and understand—the divine.
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COMPLETE LIST OF IMAGES: The Gods
Gods Before Israel
Horvat Minha Neolithic Female Figurine Sha’ar ha-Golan, Neolithic Female Figurine Golan, Chalcolithic Figurine Ritual Stand Gilath, Chalcolithic Female Figurine Nahariya, Middle Bronze Age Female Statuette Gezer, Middle Bronze Age Female Pendants Late Bronze Age Stylized Female Figurines Tel Halif, Nude Figurine Bronze Statuette of Ba’al Ashkelon, Middle Bronze Age Silver Calf Hazor, Late Bronze Age Basalt Seated God Hazor, Late Bronze Age Stele with Lunar Symbol Serabit el-Khadem Egyptian Goddess Hathor Beth-Shean Head of Hathor Megiddo, Late Bronze Age Ivory Bes
Gods of Ancient Israel and Its Neighbors
Timna, Gilded Serpent Ashdod “Ashdoda” Chair Figure Tel Batash, Iron Age I “Cyrano” Male Head Israelite “High Place” Bronze Bull Kuntillet ’Ajrud Portrayal of Israel’s God(s)? Kuntillet ’Ajrud, Drawing of Pithos Figures Iron Age Pillar Figurines (Representing Asherah?) Jerusalem, Terra-cotta Horse with Sun Disc Tel Batash, Iron Age II Female Figurine Mold
Gods of the Late Biblical Periods
Dor, Persian-Period Phoenician Fertility Figurine Mold Dor, Persian Period “Maternal” Astarte Figurines Tel Dor, Phoenician Baal-as-Zeus Head Dor Bone Amulet of Bes Caesarea Philippi Cave of Pan Ashkelon, Osiris Bronze Figurine Ephesus Cult Statue of Artemis Caesarea Maritima Ephesian Artemis Rome, Fresco of Christ as Moses Bringing Water from the Rock Rome, Fresco of Christ as Good Shepherd Rome, Mosaic of Christ as Sun-god
Altars and High Places
Pre-Israelite Altars, High Places and Standing Stones
Megiddo, High Place Altar Gezer, High Place Hazor, Standing Stones Serabit el-Khadem, Hathor Temple Standing Stones Tirzah, Pillar Shechem, Pillar (Joshua’s “Stone of Witness”?)
Israelite and Later Altars
Mt. Ebal, Altar Mt. Ebal Altar, Artist’s Reconstruction Tel Dan, High Place Beer-Sheva, Horned Altar Arad, House Temple Altar Petra, Nabatean High-Place Altar Petra, Nabatean High-Place Round Altar Rome, Fresco of Early Christian Altar-Stand
Temples, Synagogues and Churches
Temples Before Israel
Ein-Gedi, Chalcolithic Cultic Enclosure Hazor, Three-Room Canaanite Temple Timna, Midianite Hathor Temple Tell Qasile Philistine Temple
Temples of Israel
Jerusalem, Solomon’s Temple (Howland-Garber Model) Arad, House Temple Arad, House Temple Holy of Holies Kuntillet ’Ajrud Wilderness Shrine Jerusalem Herod’s Temple Mount (Drawing) Jerusalem Herod’s Temple (Model) Jerusalem Temple Depicted on Second Revolt Coin Hebron Machpelah Shrine
Later Non-Israelite Temples
Horvat Qitmit Edomite Shrine Mt. Gerizim Samaritan Temple Site Petra, Nabatean Temple of Dhu-Shara Sebaste, Herod’s Temple to Augustus Mt. Gerizim Hadrian’s Temple to Zeus Caesarea Maritima Mithraeum Vault Caesarea Maritima Mithraeum Medallion
Synagogues
Masada, Synagogue Herodium, Synagogue Capernaum Early Basilica Synagogue Chorazin, Early Basilica Synagogue Qatzrin Reversed-Basilica Synagogue Meroth Two-phase Synagogue Shema Broadhouse Synagogue Hammath Tiberias Synagogue Floor Mosaic Beth Alpha, Synagogue Zodiac Mosaic Beth Alpha Binding of Isaac Mosaic Ma’on, Synagogue Mosaic
Christian Churches
Rome, Fresco of Early Eucharist Meal Capernaum, Octagonal Church and House Shrine Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre Madaba, Map of Jerusalem & Holy Sepulchre Church Jerusalem, Church of the Holy Sepulchre Anastasis Eboda (Avdat) Basilica Church Corinth, Church Templon Slab Sardis, Church at Temple of Artemis Kursi, “Swine Miracle” Basilica Church Tabgha, Church Mosaic of Loaves and Fishes Wadi Qilt St. George’s Monastery Sinai St. Catherine’s Monastery Um er-Rasas, Church of St. Stephen Mosaic Floor Um er-Rasas Jerusalem Mosaic
Installations for Water Immersion
Jerusalem, Mikveh South of Temple Mount Masada, Mikveh (Aerial View) Qumran, Mikveh or Cistern Subeita, South Church Baptistery Ephesus, Church of St. John Baptistery
Objects Used in Worship
Small Altars and Incense Shovels
Megiddo Horned Incense Altar Ekron, Horned Altars Tel Dan, Lishkah Altar Tel Dan, Incense Shovels
Cult Stands
Shiloh, Ceramic Cult Stand Beth-Shean, Ceramic Cult Stand with Serpents Tel Nami Bronze Cult Stand Tell Qasile, Philistine Ceramic Cult Stands Ashdod, Ceramic Cult Stand with Musicians Taanach, Cult Stand Cyprus, Wheeled Brazier
Cult Vessels
Gilath, Ram with Goblets Jericho Anthropomorphic Rhyton Nahariya Seven-cupped Vessels Kuntillet ’Ajrud Inscribed Stone Bowl Byzantine Christian Silver Chalice
Standards and Scepters
Nahal Mishmar Copper Hoard Hazor, Silver-Plated Cult Standard Tel Nami, Bronze and Ivory Scepters Jerusalem, Ivory Pomegranate Scepter Head Jerusalem, Pomegranate Inscription (Close-up) Jerusalem, Drawing of Scepter Inscription Tel Dan, Bronze and Silver Scepter
Cult Masks
Dayan Collection Stone Mask Hazor, Ceramic Cult Mask Timna, Hathor Mask
Objects Used in Divination
Animal Bones Used as Lots Assyrian Puru Lot
Votives and Amulets
Persian Period Horses and Riders Jerusalem, Amulet Containing the Divine Name Jerusalem, Amulet Unrolled Jerusalem, Drawing of Amulet Inscription
The Temple Ark and Synagogue Arks
Khorsabad Palace “Cherub” Capernaum, Synagogue Wheeled Ark Beth Alpha Synagogue Ark Mosaic Nabratein, Synagogue Ark Pediment
Temple and Synagogue Menorahs
Jericho Mosaic of Menorah Jerusalem, Temple Menorah Graffito Rome, Arch of Titus Relief of Jerusalem Temple Menorah Beth She’arim Sarcophagus Menorah Relief Hammath Tiberias Synagogue Mosaic Menorahs Roman Gold Glass Depiction of Arks and Menorahs |