Window into the Bible
Food
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Loaf of Bread
Date: 15th to 4th century BC Place: Egypt
Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast. On the first day remove the yeast from your houses, for whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. (Exodus 12:15)
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Bowl with Bread
Date: 1070 – 715 BC Place: Egypt
Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. |
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Duck and Bread on Wicker Stand
Date: 1550 – 1070 BC Place: Thebes, Egypt
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Photographed at the British Museum, London, England.
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Basket of Dom Palm Fruit
Date: 15th – 4th century BC
Place: Egypt
Photographed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Bowl with Figs
Date: 1539 – 1075 BC.
Place: Egypt
Photographed at the M. C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[a] they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs. (Numbers 13:23)
Bowl with Jujubes
Date: 1539 – 1075 BC.
Place: Egypt
Photographed at the M. C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Emmer Wheat
Date: Unknown Place: Grave of Ani, Gebelein, Egypt
Photographed at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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“Celebrate the Festival of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Festival of Ingathering at the turn of the year. (Exodus 34:22)
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Almonds
Date: Unknown Place: Thebes, Egypt
Photographed at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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The next day Moses entered the tent and saw that Aaron’s staff, which represented the tribe of Levi, had not only sprouted but had budded, blossomed and produced almonds. (Numbers 17:8)
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Persea Fruits, Seeds, Seeds of the Acacia, Ears of Grain
Date: Unknown Place: West Thebes, Egypt (1 & 2) , Gurna, Egypt (3)
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Photographed at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Flaxseed Capsules
Date:746 – 332 BC.
Place: Abusir el-Meleq, Egypt
Photographed at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Dates and Argun Palm Nuts
Date: Unknown
Place: West Thebes, Egypt
Photographed at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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Seeds of Castor-Oil Plant, Figs, Seeds of Zizyphus Spina-Christi, Dom Palm Nuts
Date: Unknown Place: Thebes West, Egypt (1 & 2), Abusir, Egypt (3)Deir el-Medina, Egypt (4)
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Photographed at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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Pomegranates in a Basket
Date: 2170 – 2025 BC. Place: Saqqara, Egypt
Photographed at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard, … (Song of Songs 4:13)
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Charred Remains of Grapes, Chickpeas, a Pomegranate and Figs (from left to right)
Date: Unknown Place: Jericho
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England. |