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Lost treasures of the Bible: understanding the Bible through archaeological artifacts in world museums
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William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co
Publication Date
2008
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English
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Creation and flood stories. Enuma Elish, the epic of creation
Sumerian creation myths
The epic of Atrahasis
The epic of Gilgamesh
Sumerian King list
Israel's ancestral, Exodus, and settlement periods. Ram caught in a thicket
The Rosetta Stone
Amarna tablets
Akhenaten: Stela and panel, adoration of the Aten
The birth legend of Sargon
The mummy of Ramesses II
Mud brick of Ramesses II
The treaty of Kadesh
The law code of Hammurabi
Middle Assyrian laws, Tablet A
Merneptah stela (or, Israel stela)
Calf statuette and model shrine
Philistine cult stand with musicians
Stela of Baal of the Lightning
Cylinder seal of El and Baal
Myths of the Baal cycle
The period of the monarchy. Gezer calendar
Mesha stela (Moabite stone)
Tel Dan inscription
Ivory plaque mentioning Hazael
Samaria ivories
Nimrud ivories
The Kurkh monolith of Shalmaneser III
The black obelisk of Shalmaneser III
Shema seal of Megiddo
Reliefs from the central palace of Tiglath-Pileser III at Nimrud
Annals of Tiglath-Pileser III
Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad
The epitaph of Uzziah
Seal of Shebnayau, servant of Uzziah
Hezekiah's tunnel inscription
Horned altar of Beer-Sheba
Sanctuary of Arad
Shebna inscription from Silwan
The Taylor prism
Bull inscription of Sennacherib: the tribute of Hezekiah
Scenes from Sennacherib's southwest palace at Nineveh
Siege of Lachish
Stela of Esarhaddon
Stela of Ashurbanipal
Wall reliefs from Ashurbanipal's palaces at Nineveh
Tablet naming Gyges of Lydia
Cylinder of Nabopolassar
Babylonian chronicle, 616-609 B.C.E.
The fall of Nineveh
Ishtar gate and processional way of Babylon
Arad Ostracon mentioning "House of Yahweh"
Babylonian chronicle, 605-595 B.C.E.
The capture of Jerusalem
Lachish letters
Babylonian rations: the Judean royal house as prisoners.
The period of the Babylonian exile. Lamentation over the destruction of Ur
The Nabonidus chronicle
Nabonidus cylinder mentioning Belshazzar
The legend of Aqhat
Poetry and wisdom literature. Sumerian proverbs tablet
Sumerian love poem
The great hymn to Osiris
Dialogue between a man and his God
Ludlul Bel Nemeqi, "the Babylonian job"
The Persian period. The Cyrus cylinder
Frieze of archers
Column capital from Persepolis
Silver bowl of Artaxerxes I
Column base with inscription of Artaxerxes II
The Hellenistic period
Statue and head of Alexander the Great
Head and coin of Antiochus IV
The Roman period. Equestrian statue of Augustus
Bust and silver Denarius of Tiberius
The Galilee boat
Pontius Pilate inscription
Ossuary of the High Priest Caiaphas
Heel bone of a crucifixion victim
Ossuary of Simon, "Builder of the Temple"
"Place of trumpeting" inscription
Temple warning inscription
Head of Caligula
Head of Claudius
The Gallio inscription at Delphi
Letter from Apion
Diploma granting Roman citizenship
Market gate of Miletus
Winged victory of Samothrace
Statues of Artemis
Theodotus Synagogue inscription
Synagogue inscription at Corinth
Model body parts dedicated to Asclepius
Politarch inscription at Thessalonica
Relief of Praetorian guard
Head of Nero
Menorah and burnt house
Head of Vespasian and statue of Titus
Judea Capta coin
The great altar of Pergamum
Head and arm of a statue of Domitian
Statue of Trajan.
Ancient biblical texts. Silver scroll amulets: the oldest Biblical text ever discovered
The Isaiah scroll from the Dead Sea Scrolls
The Aleppo Codex
Papyrus 52: Oldest fragment of the New Testament
Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Alexandrinus
The Gospel of Thomas from the Nag Hammadi writings
Sensational finds: genuine of forgery? The James ossuary, the Ivory Pomegranate, and the Baruch Bulla.
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