PLATE I
Eilat Region: dwelling and sanctuary sites from the Neolithic period to the Early Bronze Age.
PLATE II
Sha‘ar ha-Golan: clay figurines of females with coffee-bean eyes, Pottery Neolithic period.
Tel Esur: Early Bronze Age IA elliptical buildings and Late Chalcolithic rectangular buildings.
PLATE III
Peqi‘in Cave: clay artifacts from the Chalcolithic period.
PLATE IV
Ashkelon: inner side of the mud-brick arched city gate of the Middle Bronze Age. Inset: falcon vase from the Middle Bronze Age IIB.
PLATE V
Hazor, finds from the Canaanite palace: basalt statue of a deity (left); and bronze figurines (right).
Hazor: Canaanite palace.
PLATE VI
Hazor, finds from the Canaanite palace: bone inlays of a jewelry box (upper left); inscribed clay tablet (lower left); and bronze statuette of a ruler (right).
Hazor, area A: the six-chambered gate and casemate wall (front) and Canaanite palace (under roof).
PLATE VII
Tel Beth-Shean: plaster painted in an Egyptian style, twelfth century BCE (left); and human figures painted on pottery, fourteenth century BCE (right).
Tel Beth-Shean, looking west.
PLATE VIII
Tel Reḥov, Iron Age IIA artifacts: ceramic model shrine (left); clay figurine (center); Phoenician painted jar (upper right); and ceramic altar (lower right).
Tel Reḥov: aerial view, looking east.
PLATE IX
Tel Miqne (Ekron), field IV lower: elite zone in the lower city, Iron Age I (foreground) and Iron Age II (background).
Tel Miqne (Ekron), field IV upper: temple complex 650, Iron Age II.
Tel Miqne (Ekron): royal dedicatory inscription of Ikausu, son of Padi.
PLATE X
Dan: inscription mentioning the House of David.
PLATE XI
Tel Beersheba: aerial view, looking southwest.
PLATE XII
Dor: limestone relief depicting the head of a Phoenician nobleman, Iron Age II.
Bethsaida (et-Tell): decorated stela, Iron Age II.
Bethsaida (et-Tell): eastern entrance to the inner Iron Age II gate.
PLATE XIII
Dor: two Persian period clay figurines of the child-god Horus-Harpocrates.
Dor: Persian period clay tile of a Gorgon (left); and head of a Hellenistic period clay figurine of Aphrodite (right).
PLATE XIV
Dor: Hellenistic period clay figurine of Cybele (left); and Roman period molded drinking vessel (right).
Dor: Hellenistic period mosaic fragment with a depiction of a theater mask and vegetation.
PLATE XV
Tel Kedesh: clay Hellenistic sealings.
Mareshah, Hellenistic ceramic artifacts: askos in the shape of a sandaled foot (left); Gorgon mask (center); and horse-head rhyton (right).
Mareshah: stone device for measuring liquids.
PLATE XVI
Mount Gerizim: view of the sacred precinct.
Mount Gerizim: inscription in Samaritan script, Middle Ages (left); and the tetragrammaton yhwh in Neo-Hebrew script, Hellenistic period (right).
PLATE XVII
Jerusalem: eastern side of the Second Temple period Pool of Siloam (left); and view of the Roman legionary kilnworks site at the Convention Center (right).
Jerusalem: paved Herodian street along the western wall of the Temple Mount enclosure, still partially covered by a heap of ashlars from the western wall.
PLATE XVIII
Lod: marine scene on the mosaic floor of the Roman hall.
Lod: main panel of the mosaic floor of the Roman hall.
PLATE XIX
Sepphoris: hunting scene on a mosaic in the Nile Festival building, Byzantine period.
Sepphoris: banqueting scene on the triclinium mosaic of the House of Orpheus, Roman period.
PLATE XX
Sepphoris synagogue mosaic, Byzantine period: zodiac panel (above); menorah and other Jewish symbols (lower left); and close-up of the Sagittarius sign on the zodiac (lower right).
PLATE XXI
Hippos (Sussita): view of the site, looking west toward the Sea of Galilee. Inset: dove-shaped bronze oil lamp from the Northwest Church, Byzantine period.
PLATE XXII
Caesarea: Christian saint on a painted mural (left); statue of a magistrate (center); and metal objects from a Fatimid hoard (right).
Caesarea: view of the southern area of the site, looking south.
PLATE XXIII
Marine Archaeology: Ottoman shipwreck at the southern anchorage of Dor (upper left); megalithic structure from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site at ‘Atlit Yam (upper right); and cargo of basalt millstones from the Roman period at Apollonia-Arsuf (below).
PLATE XXIV
Beth-Shean: view of the site with the mound at center right and the civic center of the Roman-Byzantine period beyond it, looking southwest.
PLATE XXV
Beth-Shean: view of the agora with the mound in the background.
Beth-Shean: view of the Roman-Byzantine civic center.
PLATE XXVI
Beth-Shean: Tyche in the Byzantine Sigma mosaic floor (upper left); Early Islamic mosaic inscription (upper right); Byzantine anthropomorphic vessels (center left); marble statue of an emperor (center right); Byzantine tile floor (lower left); and Northeast Gate, city wall, and warehouse (lower right).
PLATE XXVII
Deir ‘Aziz: view of the synagogue, Byzantine period.
Ḥorvat Omrit: view of the temple complex, Roman period.
PLATE XXVIII
Khirbet Beit Sila: eastern end of the church, Byzantine period.
Khirbet Beit Sila: ambo (left) and reliquary (right) from the church.
PLATE XXIX
Apollonia-Arsuf: Crusader fortress, looking south.
PLATE XXX
Beth Guvrin: northern aisle of the Crusader church.
Acco: dining hall of the Hospitaller’s Compound.
Acco, Crusader period: ceramic bowl with a painting of a woman weaving (top); and decorative architectural fragments (center and bottom).
PLATE XXXI
Ramla: mosaic floor from a Fatimid building.
Nimrod Fortress: Mameluke relief depicting the lion emblem of Baybars.
Dor: Crusader painted ware.
PLATE XXXII
Beth-Shean: assemblage of decorative Ayyubid-Mameluke bowls.
