Footnote 1 - Ivory Pomegranate: Under the Microscope at the Israel Museum
André Lemaire, “Probable Head of Priestly Scepter from Solomon’s Temple Surfaces in Jerusalem,” BAR 10:01, with sidebar, “Pomegranate ‘Priceless’ Says Harvard’s Frank Cross.”
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Footnote 5 - Israelite Footprints
For a description of this temple with its similarities to Solomon’s Temple, see John Monson, “The New ‘Ain Dara Temple: Closest Solomonic Parallel,” BAR 26:03.
Footnote 4 - Israelite Footprints
Queries and Comments: “Zertal Replies to Anson Rainey,” BAR 12:05.
Footnote 3 - Israelite Footprints
William G. Dever, “How to Tell an Israelite from a Canaanite, ” in Hershel Shanks, ed., The Rise of Ancient Israel (Washington, DC: Biblical Archaeology Society, 2011), p. 7.
Footnote 2 - Israelite Footprints
Aharon Kempinski, “Joshua’s Altar or an Iron Age I Watchtower?” BAR 12:01.
Footnote 1 - Israelite Footprints
Adam Zertal, “Has Joshua’s Altar Been Found on Mt. Ebal?” BAR 11:01.
Endnote 2 - Queries & Comments
See Rosemarie Klemm and Dietrich D. Klemm, Stones and Quarries in Ancient Egypt (London: British Museum Press, 2008), pp. 72–75.
Endnote 1 - Queries & Comments
The Akoris block measurements are from Professor James Harrell's own fieldwork.
Endnote 3 - ReViews: A Rich Repository of Historic Images of Biblical Lands
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