Sample Sources

The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.

Wooden supports in the shape of a long, narrow table and bench with slabs of broken plaster on top, in a room with arched ceilings and stone walls.

Table and Bench, Qumran (Reconstruction)

This reconstruction of a table and bench from Qumran is housed at the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum in Jerusalem. The furniture, which was made of mud brick and covered with plaster, was found in…

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A partially uncovered ancient mosaic on dry, cracked ground, with geometric patterns and some Greek text visible. Shadows from nearby trees fall across the mosaic's surface.

Mosaic Floor, Aegina, Greece

This floor mosaic with Greek inscriptions was found on the island of Aegina in Greece and is evidence of a synagogue there.

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Ancient oil lamp with a decorative border and a central menorah design, with two holes flanking the menorah and a larger hole at the spout.

Lamp with Menorah, Sumaqa

This oil lamp, found in Sumaqa in the Carmel region, is decorated with an image of a menorah. The oil was poured into the two smaller holes and the wick placed in the larger opening. Lamps like these…

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A fragment of an ancient, partially damaged silver scroll with faint inscriptions. Parts of the scroll are torn and missing.

Silver Amulet against Enemies

Silver amulet discovered in a commercial public space in Sepphoris, late fourth or early fifth century CE. The 10-cm-long plaque contains fifty-five lines of Aramaic text…

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