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Jerusalem, Nazareth and Newe Yam: routes connecting place, excavation context and changing landscapes with objects.

Jerusalem, Nazareth and Newe Yam offer different scales: city, building and changing coastal landscape. Each route defines its checked evidence and open questions. These are research-reading guides, not opening hours, ticket prices or visiting conditions.

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Jerusalem panorama showing the Southern Wall, the Dome of the Rock and hills to the east — A modern view of Jerusalem, photographed by Beko on 7 November 2018. Landscape context, not a photograph of the finds discussed in the articles. Resized and converted to WebP.Beko · Jerusalem Old city panorama · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Jerusalem: objects within a city

An inscription and decorated ivory offer two different ways to read a city. Begin with the local context before widening the view.

A rock-cut doorway and round stone beside a tomb chamber beneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent — Archaeological remains beneath the Sisters of Nazareth Convent; Bahnfrend, April 2019. A different site from the excavation discussed in our Nazareth settlement article. Resized and converted to WebP.Bahnfrend · Sisters of Nazareth Convent archaeological site, 2019 (06) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Nazareth: place, house and sequence

A focused gateway to settlement research at Nazareth and to reading an excavation without extending its conclusions beyond the evidence.

Aerial view of the Newe Yam shore and Atlit Bay, with a sandy beach and blue sea — Newe Yam coast and Atlit Bay, ca. 1982; photograph by Moshe Inbar. Geographic context, not an excavation or the findspot of a specific object. Resized and converted to WebP.משה ענבר / Moshe Inbar · המרכז למדיה דיגיטלית, אונ' חיפה, הספריה · PikiWiki / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5 · Source · CC BY 2.5

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Newe Yam and the Carmel coast: landscape, settlement and sea

Ancient villages, maritime remains and objects of different dates share this coast. A guide to distinguishing a submerged site, cargo and an isolated find.