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.

A weathered stone slab with an ancient Hebrew inscription carved into its surface, displayed against a black background. The stone is uneven and partially broken on the left side.

“To the Place of Trumpeting” Inscription

Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Avraham Hay.

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Stone doorway of an ancient ruin, featuring weathered blocks with decorative carvings, including a shell motif at the top and geometric patterns, against a partly cloudy sky.

The Eshtemoa Synagogue

Synagogue Façade. Courtesy Dr. Doron Sar-Avi.

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Ancient mosaic with a deer, a building with columns, menorahs, ritual objects, and geometric patterns, partially damaged and surrounded by stone ruins.

Mosaic Floor Panel, Susiya

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Ancient mosaic with several human figures, including two standing with a donkey on the left and one holding a knife and an infant next to a large fire on the right. In the center is a ram attached to a plant. The mosaic includes Hebrew and Greek inscriptions.

Binding of Isaac Mosaic, Beth Alpha

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Ancient rock-cut tomb chamber with three burial niches in a rough limestone wall, several broken stone sarcophagi, and scattered debris on the ground. Faint painted decorations are visible on the wall.

Burial Cave, Jericho

Burial Chamber. © Z. Radovan / Bible Land Pictures.

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Four ancient, weathered ceramic vessels: a lidded jar with handles, a large bowl, a small bowl, and a shallow plate, displayed on a glass shelf against a plain, neutral background.

Kefar Ḥananya Pottery

Photos courtesy Dr. Einat Ambar.

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Nine ancient lead weights with various shapes, engravings, and inscriptions are arranged on a flat, brown surface. Some feature symbols, while others display text.

Byzantine Lead Weights

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Coin of Herod Philip

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Map showing the extents of the Parthian Empire in 220 CE, the Sasanian Empire in 270 CE, and the Roman Empire, with labeled cities, regions, and bodies of water in the Middle East and surrounding regions.

Map of Parthian and Sasanian Empires

Parthian and Sasanian Empires. Map by Bill Nelson.

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Ruins of an ancient structure with several tall stone columns surrounded by grassy ground and scattered stone blocks, with trees and a building in the background.

Samaria-Sebaste Basilica

Herod’s Roman-style forum, on the eastern side of Samaria-Sebaste, featured a basilica: a large public building used for judicial proceedings, commerce, and other communal functions. Basilicas…

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A marble relief sculpture shows three figures in battle: a mounted warrior attacks another figure who is falling from a horse, while a third figure takes a defensive pose. Two additional figures, apparently dead, lie on the ground.

Alexander the Great Sarcophagus

This sarcophagus was discovered in the late nineteenth century during excavations in Lebanon close to the Phoenician city of Sidon. It depicts Alexander and his soldiers in combat. The sarcophagus was…

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A black and white photo of an ancient, rolled-up scroll with layers of worn, textured material visible, resting on a plain surface.

Genesis Apocryphon Scroll

This scroll, found in Cave 1 at Qumran, contains the text of the Genesis Apocryphon, an Aramaic retelling of narratives from Genesis. The genre of rewritten Bible was popular among Jewish authors in…

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