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This is one of the scenes depicted on one of the sides of the Standard of Ur; this is not part of the so-called "Peace and War Scenes" of the Standard. Here, a rearing goat at a small tree or a shrub is flanked by two men. The man on the...

This is one of the scenes depicted on one of the sides of the Standard of Ur; this is not part of the so-called "Peace and War Scenes" of the Standard. Here, at the center, there is what appears to be a tall tree, although its surface is...

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...