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PHOTO BY MEIDAD SUCHOWOLSKI, COURTESY OF THE ISRAEL ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY

FAMILIAR FACES. Anthropomorphic figurine heads from Tel Kinrot (pictured) in the Galilee and Ashdod in ancient Philistia date to the mid-11th–mid-10th centuries B.C.E. With puncturing on the chin (to simulate a beard, as shown here) and on the hairline (or headdress), these serve as good parallels for the figurine heads from Tel Moẓa and Qeiyafa.