archaeology in the bible

1. a part of the city of jericho that was a mound of earth also described in the bible
4. what papyrus was typically made of
7. crescent-shaped region in Western Asia Formed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
9. a river that runs directly through iraq and is opposite the tigris
10. a part of the city of jericho that was described in the bible
12. an ancient wall city in the bible
14. a sea in the middle east that has a very large salt content
15. a river that runs through iraq opposite of the euphrates

1. The Mesha Inscription is a stele found in present-day Jordan, dating back to the 9th century BCE.
2. a set of scrolls that contain the old testement
3. Early forms of writing that use simple pictures
5. an artifact that allows us to understand egyptian heiroglyphes
6. what heiroglyphics where typically found on
8. the country that had enslaved the isrealites
11. a large stone tablet that boasts an inscription of victory
13. A system of writing using pictorial symbols