Overview - The Israel Museum Permanent Galleries

Collections

Visiting

About

Wings

Exhibitions

Programs and Events

עברית

Overview > Archaeology Wing > The Dawn of Civilization

Circlets Nahal Qanah Cave, Western Samaria Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Objects from the Cave of the Treasure Cave of the Treasure, Nahal Mishmar, Judean Desert Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Scepter from the Cave of the Treasure Cave of the Treasure, Nahal Mishmar, Judean Desert Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	“Crown” from the Cave of the Treasure Cave of the Treasure, Nahal Mishmar, Judean Desert Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Vessel in the shape of a ram carrying a pair of churns Kibbutz Ein Gedi Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE
Vessel in the shape of a woman carrying a churn Gilat Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Incense burner Beersheba Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Incense burner Shiqmim Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Narrow container Gilat Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Incense burner Givat Ha'oranim Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE
Vessel in the shape of a ram carrying cornets Gilat Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Ostrich eggshells Gilat Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	“V”-shaped bowls Shiqmim, Negev Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Sieve Cave of the Treasure, Nahal Mishmar, Judean Desert Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Pouch Nahal Ze’elim, Judean Desert Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE
Ornaments decorated with birds Shiqmim and Beersheba Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Vessel with a basket handle decorated with two birds of prey Negev Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Eagle scepter Cave of the Treasure, Nahal Mishmar, Judean Desert Chalcolithic period, 4500-3500 BCE	Bull Horns Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Burial of a youth with antlers of a fallow deer Qafzeh Cave Middle Palaeolithic
Engraved horse Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	“Rainbow“ symbol incised on plaque Quientra Middle Palaeolithic	Reconstructed borer Epipaleolithic period	Schematic human figure Eynan Epipaleolithic period	Handle with animal figure HaNahal cave, Mt. Carmel, Israel Natufian culture, 10th millennium BCE
Human head figurine Eynan Epipaleolithic period	Bowl Kabri Late Neolithic	Necklace Kabri Late Neolithic	Arrowheads Varied Sites Neolithic Period Khiamian, Sultanian, Tahunian and Yarmukian cultures, 11,500-8,000 years ago	Grinding bowl Horvat Minha (Munhata) Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Reconstructed borer Unknown Neolithic	Sickle Nahal Hemar cave Pre-Pottery Neolithic B	Reconstructed sickle Nahal Oren Neolithic	Reconstructed adze Unknown site Neolithic	Small jar Horvat Minha (Munhata) Pottery Neolithic
Small bowl Horvat Minha (Munhata) Pottery Neolithic	Shell Ramat Harif (G8) Epipaleolithic period	Figurine Netiv Ha'Gdud Pre-Pottery Neolithic A	Plastered human skull Kfar HaHoresh Pre-Pottery Neolithic B	Mask Hirbat Duma Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
Zoomorphic figure Shaar HaGolan Pottery Neolithic	Bird figurine Gilgal Pre-Pottery Neolithic A	Snake symbol / Meander pattern Netiv Ha'Gdud Pre-Pottery Neolithic A	Statue Gilgal Pre-Pottery Neolithic A	Engraved pebble Shaar HaGolan Pottery Neolithic
Plastered skull Beisamoun Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 7th millennium BCE	Decorated skull Nahal Hemar cave Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 7th millennium BCE	Animal figurines Various sites Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, 7th millennium BCE	Goddess figurine Shaar HaGolan Pottery Neolithic	Goddess figurine Shaar HaGolan Pottery Neolithic
Pebble figurine Shaar HaGolan Pottery Neolithic	Model of the animal scene in the Leopard Temple Uvda Valley Late Neolithic	Pendant Tell 'Ali Late Neolithic	Mortar Eynan Epipaleolithic period	Skull (cast) Zuttiyeh Cave Lower Palaeolithic
Pick Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Pick Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Pick Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Flake Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic
Chopping tool Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Chopping tool Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Spheroid Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Flake Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic
Bone of early deer Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Horse bone Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Part of a turtle fractured back Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Monkey's jaw (copy) Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Tiger tooth (copy) Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic
Hippopotamus bone Ubeidiya Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Emek Refaim Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Kissufim Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Ma'ayan Barukh Lower Palaeolithic
Handaxe Evron Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Holon Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Emek Refaim Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic
Handaxe Mayan Baruch Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Mayan Baruch Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Berekhat Ram Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Mayan Baruch Lower Palaeolithic	Nutcracker Gesher Benot Ya'aqov
Nutcracker Gesher Benot Ya'aqov	Elephant tusk Holon Lower Palaeolithic	Elephant skull Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Elephant tusk Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Wooden log Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic
Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Handaxe Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic
Tooth Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Cleaver Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Cleaver Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Cleaver Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Cleaver Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic
Cleaver Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Cleaver Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Core Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Chopping tool Gesher Benot Ya'aqov Lower Palaeolithic	Burial of Neanderthal man (cast) Kebara cave Middle Palaeolithic
Reconstructed spear Unknown site Middle Palaeolithic	Reconstructed spear Unknown site Middle Palaeolithic	Reconstructed spear Unknown site Middle Palaeolithic	Emireh point Boker Tachtit Middle \ Upper Paleolithic	Levallois point Tabun Cave Middle Palaeolithic
Abu Sif point Abu Sif Cave Middle Palaeolithic	El-Wad point Sefunim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Point Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Point Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Double point Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic
Blade Nahal Boker Upper Palaeolithic	Blade Nahal Boker Upper Palaeolithic	Hafted knife (reconstructed tool) Unknown site Upper Palaeolithic	Scraper Qafzeh Cave Middle Palaeolithic	Scraper Tabun Cave Middle Palaeolithic
Hafted scraper (reconstructed tool) Upper Palaeolithic	Scraper Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Double end scraper Erq El-Ahmar Upper Palaeolithic	Scraper Qafzeh Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Hafted burin (reconstructed tool) Unknown site Upper Palaeolithic
Burin Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Burin Qafzeh Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Burin Qafzeh Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Levallois core Unknown Middle Palaeolithic	Core reconstructed from blades Boker Tachtit Upper Palaeolithic
Side scraper Tabun Cave Middle Palaeolithic	Side scraper Zuttiyeh Cave Middle Palaeolithic	Side scraper Kebara cave Middle Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic
Notch Rosh Ein Mor Middle Palaeolithic	Layers of prehistoric habitations Tabun Cave Middle Palaeolithic	Ocher lump Qafzeh Cave Middle Palaeolithic	Flint tool with ochre Unknown Upper Palaeolithic	Engraved bone Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic
Engraved bone Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Engraved bone Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Engraved bone Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Pendant Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Pendant Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic
Pendant Hayonim Cave Upper Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic
Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Beads Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Beads Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Bead Fazael Upper Palaeolithic
Bead Nahal Ruth Upper Palaeolithic	Necklace Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Necklace Fazael Upper Palaeolithic	Decorated pebble Urkan e-Rubb Upper Palaeolithic	Pestle Ein Gev Epipaleolithic period
Pestle Ein Gev Epipaleolithic period	Mortar Ein Gev Epipaleolithic period	Triangle Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period
Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period
Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period
Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Oren Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Hefzibah Epipaleolithic period
Microlith Hefzibah Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Hefzibah Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Hefzibah Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Hefzibah Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Hefzibah Epipaleolithic period
Microlith Kebara cave Palaeolithic	Microlith Kebara cave Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Poleg Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Poleg Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Sorek Epipaleolithic period
Microlith Nahal Sorek Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Sorek Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Poleg Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Poleg Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Poleg Epipaleolithic period
Microlith Nahal Poleg Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Poleg Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Poleg Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Hefzibah Epipaleolithic period	Microlith Nahal Poleg Epipaleolithic period

Today in the Museum