Bible Land Photographs For PowerPoint Presentations
Bible Times: Biblical Archaeology
A "tell" is an unexcavated city-mound awaiting investigation in the Near East
The even slopes and flat summit differentiate a tell from a natural hill
Early settlers tended to build a city on a low hill (for defense), next to a dependable water source, adjacent to fertile fields and at a natural crossroads
The major occupation periods of a tell can usually be determined by examining potsherds from the surface of the tell
Job used potsherds (broken pottery) - "he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself" (Job 2:8)
Modern archaeological excavation in Palestine is normally carried out in small areas divided by vertical partitions, or "balks"
The “balks” are left undug (at least temporarily)
Each layer is given its own number as a "locus"
Each layer is given its own number as a "locus"
A small handpick is the most common tool in a modern excavation
A handpick is used to trim a balk
A handpick is often used in conjunction with a mason's trowel
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To download the full-size (1024x768 pixel) photographs: Right-click on the links below to either "save file to disk" or "open file in a new window." These copyrighted photographs of the Bible lands may be used as PowerPoint sermon backgrounds and in Bible class lessons, but they may not be placed on any other Web site. All of the Bible land photographs on this Web are available on our Bible Lands Photo CD.
- The Tell of Carchemish, Turkey
- The Tell of Colosse, Turkey
- The Tell of Colosse, Turkey
- Broken pottery from Tell Mazar, Jordan
- Broken pottery from Tell Mazar, Jordan
- Balks at Sepphoris, Israel (1996)
- Balks at Sepphoris, Israel (1996)
- Layers of occupation at a tell in Jordan
- Layers of occupation at a tell in Jordan ("locus")
- Digging at a tell in Jordan
- Digging at a tell in Jordan
- Digging at a tell in Jordan
- Tools of the trade: brush and trowel
- Tools of the trade: basket and brush
- Tools of the trade: handpick and trowel
