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Ivory carving of a sphinx amid lotus flowers.

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Ivory-openwork Panel with a Battle between a Wild Bull and a Lion

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Ivory panel of lion with claws and teeth gripping bull in partial rectangular frame.

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Ivory-openwork Panel with a Sphinx Striding through Lotus Flowers

Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE

Faience-tile mosaic of floral designs throughout, two lines of Hebrew text at the top, and three niches at bottom.

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Isfahan Synagogue, Persia

16th Century

Photograph of ornamental Torah ark chamber with gilded columns and doors with filigree and Hebrew writing.

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Urbino Synagogue, Italy

ca. 1500

Photograph of oval room with central platform with columns.

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Scuola Grande Tedesca (Venice)

1528 and 1672

Photograph of room with ornate columns and pews along both sides, a raised platform on the right side, and several chandeliers.

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Great Italian Synagogue, Padua

1548

Exterior photograph of intersecting walls of stone buildings with tile roofs.

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Paradesi Synagogue (Cochin, India)

1568

Interior of room with columns and short double staircase at one end and pews along wall.

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Sephardic Synagogue (Pesaro, Italy)

Late 16th Century

Photograph of room with high ceiling, tall podium up short staircase with golden canopy, and rows of wooden benches.

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Scuola Greca (Corfu)

17th Century

Exterior photograph of wooden building with shingles.

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Zabłudów Synagogue, Poland

ca. 1637

Photograph of room with wooden pews, ornate Torah ark in far wall, and second story balcony.

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Bevis Marks Synagogue, London

1699–1701

Exterior photograph of stone building with arched windows, wraparound patio with stone columns, and dirt ground.

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Yeshivat Dijet Synagogue (Djerba, Tunisia)

End of the 17th Century