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This is a detail of the so-called "War Scene" of the Standard of Ur. This detail is the left end of the top register. Here, on the left, a Sumerian soldier stands behind a four-wheeled chariot. He wears a flounced skirt and a leather head...

View of Mount Arbel from Magdala.

Excavation of the Magdala's synagogue, which was in use during the Second Temple period (50 BCE - 100 CE).

Magdala's ritual area with the four miqva'ot discovered during seasons 2011 - 2016. Magdala was inhabited from the second century BCE to the third century CE.

Miqva'ot in Magdala filled with underground water from a spring. Magdala was inhabited from the second century BCE to the third century CE.

Room with a mosaic floor decorated with a rosette, in the ritual area of Magdala. Magdala was inhabited from the second century BCE to the third century CE.

Carved stone found in the Magdala's synagogue.

An illustration of the so-called Demaretéion is a silver coin of ancient Syracuse (weighing around 43 g) rather rare and worth 10 drachmas. It is also known as a pentekontalitron because it was equivalent to 50 litrae (the litra was a silver...

Geghard Monastery in Armenia contains a number of churches, altars, and tombs, most of which are cut into rock. The monastery is widely considered the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. It was founded at some point in the 4th century...

Geghard Monastery in Armenia contains a number of churches, altars, and tombs, most of which are cut into rock. The monastery is widely considered the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. It was founded at some point in the 4th century...