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Sha‘ar Hashamayim Synagogue Dome
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When it was first built, the Sha‘ar Hashamayim (Gate of Heaven) Synagogue in Cairo was the largest building on the boulevard where it still stands. Built to resemble what was imagined to be the design…

Contributor:

Maurice Joseph Cattaui, Eduard Matasek

Places:

Cairo, Ottoman Empire (Cairo, Egypt)

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Art, Synagogue, Temple, Jewish identity

Categories:

Architecture
Photograph of domed ceiling covered with geometric shapes, including Stars of David.
Elephantine Letter (Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple)
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Elephantine letter, dated to year 17 of King Darius II (November 25, 407 BCE). See Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple) and Darius and Xerxes, Kings of Persia. The letter is…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

407 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Writing, Temple, Diaspora, Sacrifice

Categories:

Letters, Firsthand accounts
Fragmentary papyrus page of Hebrew writing.