Musée "Bible et Terre Sainte"

The Musée Bible et Terre Sainte holds a stone mask that is estimated to be nine thousand years old. Archaeologists identify this item as one of the oldest known ritual masks in human history. It serves as a haunting connection to the Neolithic inhabitants of the Levant, long before the traditions recorded in the Bible took their written form. This museum was founded in 1969 by Canon Leconte and Father J. Starcky, two scholars who spent years acquiring artifacts during their travels through Palestine. Their goal was to assemble a collection that illustrates the daily life of ancient civilizations in the region rather than focusing solely on religious texts. The gallery displays hundreds of items including ceramic jars from the first century, ancient oil lamps, and even fragments of a Dead Sea Scroll. These physical remains of a vanished world provide a tangible perspective on the environment that shaped biblical history.