First campaign of excavation at Bethel, 1934. Bethel of Joshua's time

American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department / Matson Photo Service · 1934 · Library of Congress — G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection

A 1934 excavation photo of the conquest-era stratum at Bethel — the city the house of Joseph captured by stratagem (Judges 1:22-26; the LoC caption itself reads "Bethel of Joshua's time").

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