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This ivory openwork inlay from Samaria depicts a figure enthroned on a cushioned chair, perhaps at a banquet, with an attendant standing behind. Royal banquet scenes, common in ancient Near Eastern…
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Samaria, Land of Israel
(Samaria, Israel)
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Iron Age IIA–IIB, 9th–8th Century BCE
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This glimpse into an eighteenth-century German Jewish marriage ceremony offers an opportunity to consider how gender roles have changed for this vital ritual.
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Artist Unknown
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Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire
(Frankfurt (Oder), Germany)
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1748
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The oldest Jewish cemetery in the United States is located in New York City; the grave of Cantor Gershom Mendes Seixas can be seen here in the burial grounds of Congregation Shearith Israel.
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New York City, United States of America
Date:
1798
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The fibula, which replaced the toggle pin during the Iron Age, is similar to a modern safety pin. It had a main bent section with a clasp, which was often elaborately decorated, and a simple straight…
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Tell Beit Mirsim, Land of Israel
(Tell Beit Mirsim, Israel)
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Iron Age II, Early 10th–Early 6th Century BCE
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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831. One of the first grand operas, it caused a sensation when it debuted at the Paris…
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Giacomo Meyerbeer
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Paris, Kingdom of France
(Paris, France)
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1831
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Ludwig Förster
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Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire
(Budapest, Hungary)
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1854–1859
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
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1767
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Anton Raphael Mengs
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Madrid, Spanish Empire
(Madrid, Spain)
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1770
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Solomon Alexander Hart
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London, United Kingdom
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1850
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Aleksander Lesser
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Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland
(Warsaw, Poland)
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1861