Ein Gedi Cave, 6th century BCEFrom CojsWikiGlass and gold beads, a stick used for applying makeup, an alabaster bowl, a pendant, bronze mirrors, a necklace, an oil lamp, and a Babylonian stamp bearing the figure of a priest worshiping the moon god found in a cave near Ein Gedi. The artifacts date to the Shivat Zion (“Return of Zion”) era, after the destruction of the First Temple, sixth century BCE.
En-Gedi: "A Very Large Village of Jews," Y. Hirschfeld, Liber Annuus 55 (2005). |