Guided tours at Jerusalem's Rockefeller Museum

REOPENING: A Jerusalem gem: Rediscovering the Rockefeller Museum’s treasures in Israel's capital. New tours of the Rockefeller Museum showcase artifacts ranging from First Temple-period jewelry to Egyptian pharaohs (BEN BRESKY, Jerusalem Post).

The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem is a singular historic gem that more people are getting the opportunity to visit thanks to the guided tours, which began this year. ...

Among the treasures in the museum is a life-size statue of Pharaoh Ramesses III found in Beit She’an dating back to the 11th century BCE. Next to it is a large stone stela with Egyptian hieroglyphics telling of the defeat of the Canaanites by the Egyptians at the battle of Megiddo.

Finds from Jewish history include a large mosaic from the synagogue at Yafia, near Nazareth, from the 4th century, and a stone lintel with a seven-branched menorah from the Eshtemoa synagogue near Hebron from the 3rd century, with a representation of the Temple Mount.

And lots more. The Dead Sea Scrolls have moved, however.

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