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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.
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Photograph of tomb on top of stone structures.
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Tomb of Pharaoh’s Daughter

The cemetery in the village of Silwan, on the hill east of the City of David, included some aboveground tombs, cut out from the cliffs on three or four sides so that they look like buildings. These…
Terra-cotta chair with four short legs.
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Model Chair

Since chairs and beds were valuable items and not found in average homes (people usually sat on the floor and slept on mats), it is possible that terra-cotta models like this one from Lachish…

Dress Parade

I have a great coat. I have round black eyes. I have a cap. I raise my hands. I am the boy whose hands are raised in the picture.
Front and back of coin, with lily on one side and falcon on the other
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Coin with Lily/Falcon

On the front is a lily, commonly found on Yehud coins. On the back is a bird that most ornithologists consider to be a falcon; there is no consensus on its symbolism. With wings spread, this falcon…

Hard Love

She is sitting silently. Zvi looks out the window and lights a cigarette. Hannah:I don’t think smoke’s very good for the baby… Zvi:Sorry. (He puts the cigarette out.) Hannah:I don’t…
Square-shaped comb with closely-positioned teeth on the right-hand side and wide handle with carved stripes.
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Bone Comb

This comb is from a Philistine site at Ekron, but combs looked the same throughout the region.

Samson

The Israelites again did what was offensive to the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. There was a certain man from Zorah, of the stock…