Photos Showing How People Lived Long Ago
Between Bethlehem and Hebron are the three reservoirs known as King Solomon´s Pools, the largest of which is pictured. It is quite likely that the Preacher (In the Bible in Ecclesiastes) referred to these when he reviewed his great works
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Olives are first pulped in a circular stone basin by rolling a large wheel over them.. The mass is collected, wrapped in canvas bags and further crushed by a heavy beam which presses the oil out so that `the fats overflow` (Like in Joel in the Bible). An early photograph
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The main duties of a shepherd were to lead his flocks to green pastures and to find them a safe drinking-place by fresh water. An early photograph..
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These Galilean fishermen, their boats anchored and their nets spread out to dry on the beach, have built a fire on an improvised hearth of stones. An early photograph..
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A woodworker of Jerusalem. Holes were bored with a drill worked by a bow and string. An early photograph..
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Women making `fine linen` and silk clothing. The crescent of coins set edgewise on the head holds in position the veil.. It may be made of cotton, silk or gauze and is usually swept back, but is sufficiently long to bring part of it over the shoulder to veil the face below the eyes. An...
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The hammer, pick and chisel are the tools of the stone-mason. Wedges are inserted in holes carefully made by the drill and driven in to ensure a good split. An early photograph..
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A native weaver of Ramallah winding a spindle by centuries old method. An early photograph..
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Hewn out of the rock on the slope of the hill, this Canaanite wine-press is near Ain-Karim, the birthplace of John the Baptist. In the central vat of the wine-press the man is seen standing.. Above this is another enclosure where the grapes are stored before being thrown into the main...
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Wool-washing by the banks of the river Tigris. Fleeces of skin-wool obtained for the sheep after killing, are piled high in bales. Shorn wool rather than skin-wool was approved by the Hebrews. An early photograph..
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A baby laid in a rock manger. Primitive houses were still found in Bethlehem in the last century.. They were built against the side of a hill with a stable. Mangers for donkeys and other domestic animals, driven indoors by bad weather, are scooped in a conveniently placed ledge of rock....
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The Beduin have not changed their style of living since Jabel, son of the nomad warrior Lamech, was designated `the father of such as dwell in tents` (Like in Genesis in the Bible).. They call their rectangular tents `houses of hair` because these are made of strips of cloth, woven of...
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