REL 433 - Biblical Archaeology
InterNet Links
Week 6 InterNet Resources
The Chalcolithic Period, ca. 4,300 - 3,300 BC
The Early Bronze Age, ca. 3,300 - 2,300 BC
InterNet Resources
The many links to the Hacinebi Website are because the photos are excellent, and illustrate many of the terms used in our textbook.
- IMJ, Israel : Prehistory || Timeline || Arad || 2 heads
- Ancient Near East site : Khirbet Kerak ware || Ebla || Ur || Sumer || Akkad / Agade | Sippar || Jemdet Nasr
- Lake Forest site : Minoan Crete || Tour Knossos || Report and Photos of a student tour of Minoan and Mycenaean sites - scroll down for photos of sites
- Hacinebi : Hacinebi Excavations || Hacinebi - photos of artefacts || Hacinebi - Uruk Cylinder Seal-impressed Artifacts || Hacinebi - Late Chalcolithic Seals and Seal Impressions || Hacinebi - Uruk Artifacts || Hacinebi - Late Chalcolithic Artifacts || Hacinebi - Late Chalcolithic Eye idols || Hacinebi - Late Chalcolithic Chipped Stone || Hacinebi - Late Chalcolithic Archaeometallurgical Finds
- Joseph Berrigan's site : Royal Tombs of Ur || Royal Tombs of Ur (2) || Early Sumerian Warfare
- Israel Ministry site : Timna || Arad || BeerSheba Chalcolithic || Cave of the Treasure || Ein Gedi Temple || Ekron || Golan - Chalcolithic || Shaar Hagolan
- Oriental Intitute of Chicago : Royal Treasures of Ur || Tell Kurdu || Tell Judaidah || The Royal Cemetary of Ur || Ur of the Chaldees || Ur - archaeological site || Eridu|| Girsu near Lagash || Scroll down for Khirbet Kerak ware || Khirbet Kerak ware || Uruk - links to more photos at bottom of page || Tin Smelting - the Oriental Institute of Chicago reproduces methods of tin smelting as discovered in Kestel and Göltepe
- Exploratorium : The Cave of the Warrior - use the links at the left to access other pages of the web site || Cave of the Warrior - exhibition description, from the Exploratorium
- Ancient Egypt site : Ancient Egypt Site - use links at left hand side to access section on "History" - "Early Dynastic" || Egypt - First Dynasty || Narmer Palette
- Bible Places site : (scroll doewn for photos) : En Gedi - Chalcolithic Temple || Arad - Early Bronze structures || Ai - Early Bronze Temple or house || Megiddo - Early Bronze "High Place" || Bab edh-Dhra Shaft Grave
- eBibleTools site : Archaeological Sites in Israel || Arad || Carmel || Gezer
- Guide-Martine : Turkey - prehistoric || Catal Huyuk
- Infidels : Old Testament Life and Literature || Paleolithic to Chalcolithic
- Jewish Virtual Library : The Cave of the Treasure || Judean Desert Caves
- Lessing Photos : Photos of artifacts from the Cave of the Treasure || More Photos of artifacts from the Cave of the Treasure
- Israeli Ministry for Antiquities : The Cave of the Treasure || The Cave of the Treasure || Beer Sheva || Beer Sheva - Prehistoric Dwelling Sites
- MNSU site : Ur || Ancient Greek Civilizations
- U. Penn. Museum : Canaan UPenn site index || Canaan - Agriculture || Canaan - Storage || Canaan - Weaving || Canaan - Bread || Wine and Olive Oil || Wine and Olive Oil || Canaan - Agriculture | | Canaan - Storage | | Canaan - Weaving | | Canaan - Bread || Canaan in the Early Bronze Age || Canaan in the Early Bronze Age || The sex life of the date palm || The sex life of the date palm || Royal Tombs of Ur - use links to images and overview || The Royal Tombs of Ur - use links to images and overview
- Turkish Tourist Agency : Chalcolithic in Turkey || Bronze Age in Turkey
- sites listed by url :
Shiqmim - pdf file of an archaeologist's report - no colored pictures
Predynastic Egyptian footed bowl
Mycaeanae and Minoan Crete - Prof. Bruce Owen's notes
Ebla
Ancient Egyptian Religion
Sumerian Gods (Enki drunk when creating world)
Ein Gedi
Woolley and the Great Flood
Woolley and the Great Flood
Royal tombs of Ur
Ancient Egypt Collection - scroll down for the Narmer Palette - a reproduction, not the original
Inside the Cave of the Treasure
Sinai archaeology - National Geographic
Shiqmim
Ein Gedi Excavations
Journey to the Copper Age - exhibition at UCSD, including artifacts from the "Cave of the Treasure", Nahal Mishmar
Shiqmim - click on the links to see pdf files of an archaeologist's report - no colored pictures
Sumeria
the Akkadian Empire
The Cave of the Warrior
Metal Sources and Metallurgy in the Biblical World - read about copper, tin and bronze
Sumerian History
Victory Stele of Naram-Sin
Wadi Ziqlab
The Beginnings of Civilizations
The Royal Tombs of Ur
the History of Dates
The Early Bronze building at Ai - don't do what one of these people is doing, clambering on the walls!
Minoan Civilization
Cultivation of Dates
Cyprus - Copper
Sumerians
Objects from the Cave of the Treasure
Indus Valley - Harappa - in India
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
Early Bronze Age Pottery - this is a commercial site, selling what it claims to be genuine artefacts - they may be fakes, or they may be from illegal digs. See this page just to get an idea of the shapes and appearance of Early Bronze Age pottery
Early Dynastic Sumer - scroll down for Uruk and Jemdet Nasr
Rogem Hiri
Discovery of Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions
Victory Stele of Naram Sin
Vitory Stele of Naram Sin
The Cave of the Treasure
Tell Kurdu - use links at the left side to access various sections
Ai - more photos
Minoan Site
The Cave of the Treasure
Aspects of Life in Ancient Egypt - links to pages about agriculture, technology, houses, warfare, etc. - from all periods
Ebla
Ugarit
The History of Plumbing - Babylonia
Narmer Palette
En Gedi - the Chalcolithic Temple
Bronze Age
Minoan site - use the links at the left-hand side to browse the site
Sumerian cuneiform tablet
Pomegranate
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