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Gravestone of Esther de la Pena Gabay Henriques
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Born in Córdoba, Spain, Esther Gabay Henriques married Daniel de la Penha, a Spanish merchant in Rotterdam. The family coat of arms appears above the epitaph. Beneath is a low relief of the couple’s…

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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Dutch Republic (Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands)

Date:

1697

Subjects:

Cemetery, Death, Family, Marriage

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Tombstone flat on ground depicting coat of arms above Spanish inscription and relief of house surrounded by trees and next to sailboat.
St. Etienne Burial Caves
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On the grounds of the St. Étienne monastery, north of the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, were two elaborate burial caves that each included a large central hall surrounded by several rectangular rooms…

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Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age II, 9th–7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Burial, Cemetery, Leadership, Family, Tombs

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Architecture
Photograph of room with inner doorways.
Gravestone of Menahem Ventura
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This tombstone for Menahem Ventura, son of Abraham Ventura, is one of only four that have survived from the Jewish cemetery in Bologna. (After the entire Jewish community was expelled from this town…

Places:

Bologna, Papal States (Bologna, Italy)

Date:

1553

Subjects:

Cemetery, Death, Aesthetics, Family

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Rectangular tombstone of Hebrew inscriptions.
Burial Chamber from Ketef Hinnom Cemetery
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Shown here is a reconstructed burial chamber from Ketef Hinnom, on exhibit at the Israel Museum. There are ledges along the side and back walls, with low parapets visible along two of the ledges. A…

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Ketef Hinnom, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Iron Age IIC–Early Persian Period, 7th–5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Burial, Archaeology, Jerusalem, Tombs, Family

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Architecture
Interior room with ledges, one of which holds a skeleton, and a floor covered with pottery.